‘A woman who engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy after a drunken night out has been jailed by leading judges who overturned her “unduly lenient” non-custodial sentence.’
The Guardian, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who claimed plastic devices he made in his garden shed could detect bombs and find missing Madeleine McCann has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five men have been given jail sentences totalling more than 28 years after a 13-year-old girl who ran away from home was trafficked for sex while she was missing for more than a week, police said.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenage boy obsessed with a TV serial killer has been jailed for at least 25 years for murdering and dismembering his 17-year-old girlfriend.’
BBC News, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Following a period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on fraud, bribery and money laundering offences came into effect on 1 October 2014.’
Versions for the Crown Court and magistrates’ courts
Sentencing Council, 1st October 2014
‘The attorney general’s office is to review the three-month suspended sentence given to the former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis for indecent assault.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Court sentences man to 18 weeks’ jail for bombarding politician with abuse on Twitter over Jane Austen £10 note campaign’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who drunkenly exposed himself in a park, smeared his own blood on two men and threw bottles at people has been jailed for eight months.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been given a suspended sentence of three months for indecently assaulting a woman in 1995.’
BBC News, 26th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Sussex PCSO who stole thousands of pounds from passengers while on duty at Gatwick Airport, has been jailed for six and a half years.’
BBC News, 25th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An NHS nurse who was convicted of sexual grooming after plotting to behead and eat a girl has been jailed for nine years.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “callous and brutal” father who murdered his baby daughter by repeatedly biting, punching and shaking her has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The solicitor general has been criticised for asking a court to increase a three-and-a-half-year jail term imposed on a trainee barrister and new mother convicted of falsely accusing her former boyfriend of a series of rapes and assaults. Robert Buckland QC asked the court of appeal to increase the sentence handed to Rhiannon Brooker, 30, after she was found guilty of fabricating allegations that led to her ex-partner Paul Fensome being jailed for 36 days. But three appeal court judges ruled that the term should not be increased.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A solicitor has been jailed for practising despite being struck off nearly two years ago in what is thought to be the first time a court has imposed an immediate custodial sentence for such an offence.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A jealous wife has been jailed for nine years for throwing caustic soda over a waitress at her husband’s restaurant.’
BBC News, 24th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this series written for Criminal Law & Justice Weekly, Navpreet Virk and No5 member Richard Gibbs present the opposing arguments surrounding the manner in which the youth courts treat juveniles convicted of criminal offences and examine the countervailing arguments and policies. In the final part of this series, Richard Gibbs writes that the criminal justice system is predicated on finding the fairest way of dealing with juveniles.’
No. 5 Chambers, 10th September 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘The former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis faces a possible prison sentence after being convicted of indecently assaulting a woman working in television almost 20 years ago.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A hoax caller who phoned families at random and claimed their relatives had died has been jailed for four months.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lura Pacheco, 34, was fined £500 and sentenced to 100 hours’ community service after first prosecution for ‘education tourism’.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A child rapist has had his jail sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 18th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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