‘In a recent case the Court of Appeal found fault with a sentence of 2 years imprisonment imposed on a man who had in his possession indecent images of children. The Court thought the appropriate starting point after trial to be in the order of 15-18 months, meaning in this case an actual sentence of 10 – 12 months, of which the offender would serve only half. So be it you might think.’
CrimeLine, 17th September 2014
Source: www.crimeline.info
‘Disgraced PR guru Max Clifford has launched an appeal against his eight-year prison sentence. The 71-year-old was convicted in May of eight counts of indecent assaults on four women, carried out between 1977 and 1984.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former deputy news editor of the Sunday Telegraph has been jailed for seven years for raping a woman.’
BBC News, 16th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three drug dealers have each been jailed for a minimum of 37 years for murdering nursery school teacher Sabrina Moss on her 24th birthday.’
BBC News, 12th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of a criminal gang that operated across the UK and abroad have been jailed after the police seized £55m worth of drugs.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A babysitter who broke a two-year-old toddler’s arm and carried out other assaults has been jailed for 30 months.’
BBC News, 12th 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 third of this four–part series, Richard Gibbs writes that the criminal justice system is predicated on finding the fairest way of dealing with juveniles.’
No. 5 Chambers, 3rd September 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘An ex-Sunday school teacher who raped and sexually abused young girls under his care has been jailed for 14 years.’
BBC News, 9th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Catholic man who attacked his openly gay flatmate by striking him on the head with a claw hammer as he slept has been found guilty of attempted murder.’
The Independent, 9th September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a man in a “vicious attack”.’
BBC News, 5th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘John Woolfenden was sentenced yesterday at Bolton Crown Court to two years imprisonment for two counts of cheating the public revenue and one count of concealing or transferring criminal property. Woolfenden evaded paying £299,752.93 in revenue whilst trading on eBay over a period of six years and pleaded guilty to the charges.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd September 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘John Mulholland who has an international reputation and is published widely in academic journals, billed the NHS £1.1 million for work that was never done.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.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 first of this four part series, Nav Virk sets out the general philosophical underpinnings of the current policy approach.’
No. 5 Chambers, 27th August 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘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 first of this four part series, Nav Virk sets out the general philosophical underpinnings of the current policy approach.’
No. 5 Chambers, 21st August 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘A mother who walked her daughter to school on a dog lead during a “campaign of cruelty” has been jailed at the second time of asking.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man faces jail after sending abusive Twitter messages to Labour MP Stella Creasy after she supported a successful campaign to put Jane Austen on the £10 note.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A stalker who subjected a neighbour to a five-year campaign of intimidation before stabbing her is trying to have his life sentence for attempted murder overturned.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Charles Bronson, one of the most violent inmates in Britain, has been sentenced to two years for attacking a prison officer.’
The Independent, 1st September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Cumbrian man who is HIV positive has been jailed for knowingly infecting his former partner with the virus.’
BBC News, 1st September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A lorry driver who killed two cyclists taking part in a charity ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 1st September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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