‘Ten people have been jailed for up to 20 years for attempting to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine in crates of bananas and pineapples.’
BBC News, 29th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A deacon convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys at a Greater Manchester school has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
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‘A minibus driver has been jailed for five years for killing a cyclist, whom he hit while looking at photographs on his mobile phone.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
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‘A jealous boyfriend who murdered his girlfriend after rowing over her three-year-old son’s christening has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 26th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A mother who beat her three-year-old son to death and hid his body in a suitcase before sparking a huge search for him by claiming he had gone missing has been jailed for 11 years. Rosdeep “Rosie” Adekoya, 34, was originally charged with murdering her son Mikaeel Kular but pleaded guilty last month to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 33 months after recording Fast And Furious 6 from the back of a cinema in Walsall.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2014
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‘A nine-year jail term given to the killer of his then girlfriend’s baby will be reviewed by the court of appeal amid complaints the sentence was not long enough.’
The Guardian, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A gang of fraudsters have been jailed for between 21 and 64 months for stealing bank card details potentially worth up to £16m from more than 60,000 people in the UK and abroad.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An ex-police officer who used confidential information to tip off his girlfriend about her brother being reported for drug offences has been jailed for 17 months.’
BBC News, 21st August 2014
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‘A teenager who raped a woman in her 90s has been jailed for 16 years.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2014
‘A gang has been jailed over a smash-and-grab raid at the flagship Selfridges store in central London.’
BBC News, 19th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for life over a plot to murder an accountant.’
BBC News, 18th August 2014
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‘A retired police officer has been jailed for raping and sexually abusing a child.’
BBC News, 15th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “jealous” man convicted of the murder of his stepdaughter, who was also his former lover, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.’
BBC News, 15th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Up to £230m has been spent “needlessly” holding people on remand in custody who eventually avoided jail, a penal reform charity has said. More than 35,000 people kept on remand in 2013 went on to be either acquitted or be given non-custodial sentences, according to new figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform from the Ministry of Justice through a Freedom of Information request.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘JSC BTA Bank v. Ablyazov et al 8 August 2014, Popplewell J. What you say to your lawyers is truly confidential; no-one, not even a regulator or prosecutor can see it. This is protected by the right to privacy under Article 8, and the right to a fair trial under Article 6 (which includes the right to access to lawyers). Well, that is the general rule. And this case reminds us that there is an exception to this – when the relationship between client and lawyer is affected by “iniquity”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th August 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former director of communications, looks set to be moved from high-security Belmarsh prison after finally being classified as posing no risk to society.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A paedophile who gave out hand-written posters offering singing lessons in order to groom children has been jailed for four years.’
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BBC News, 13th August 2014
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‘A man who plotted to have his pregnant lover beaten up in order to get rid of their unborn child has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hayley Southwell, 27, given a suspended sentence after her victim refuses to co-operate with police.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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