‘A judge condemned motorists who use mobiles while driving as a “plague on society” as he jailed a woman who caused a fatal pile-up after texting and taking calls on two phones while travelling at 70mph.’
The Independent, 31st July 2014
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‘A hammer-wielding drug addict has been jailed after a woman suffered a heart attack and died when she was terrorised in her own home.’
BBC News, 31st July 2014
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‘A driver who killed a man while using two mobile phones behind the wheel has been jailed by a judge who branded such crimes “a plague on society”.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2014
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‘A former aide to George Galloway MP who admitted obtaining personal data illegally has received a 12-month conditional discharge.’
BBC News, 31st July 2014
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‘An innocent family were beaten and stabbed in their own home in a scene from a “horror film” after a masked gang targeted the wrong house.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
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‘Rolf Harris’s sex offences sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, despite 150 complaints over its “leniency”, the attorney general’s office has said.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
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‘Michael Adebolajo has lost the first stage of an appeal against his conviction and sentence over the 2013 murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in London.’
BBC News, 29th July 2014
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‘An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that diverted more than half a million pounds from a world-leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who tricked the public into donating £300,000 of pounds to the armed forces charity Help for Heroes, only to pocket the money himself, has been told by a judge he faces a “lengthy” prison sentence.’
The Independent, 28th July 2014
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‘A woman has been jailed for 13 years for her part in killing two children in a revenge arson attack in 1997.’
BBC News, 25th July 2014
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‘The former boyfriend of Jayden Parkinson has been jailed for at least 20 years for her murder.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2014
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‘A woman who stabbed a businessman in the neck in his car has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 24th July 2014
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‘A former journalist at the News of the World who admitted listening to more than 1,000 hacked voicemail messages has been spared jail because of what the judge said was his “unique” role in giving the prosecution evidence in the trial of Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and others.’
The Guardian, 24th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ian Watkins, the former lead singer of the Lostprophets, has lost a bid to reduce his 35-year sentence for a string of sex offences against children, including the attempted rape of a baby.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A panel of judges at Cardiff crown court will decide whether the convicted paedophile has grounds for appeal.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2014
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‘Almost 30,000 criminals including rapists and burglars ”have escaped the justice system” in the London area by being handed a police caution, it has been revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 66-year-old man has been jailed for life for raping a three-year-old boy he was babysitting.’
BBC News, 18th July 2014
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‘A former police constable has been jailed for 18 months for offering to sell a salacious story about a “womanising and bullying” colleague to the Sun newspaper.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death at the hairdressers where she worked has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 16th July 2014
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‘A man convicted of murdering his friend by bludgeoning him to death with a hammer and burying him in a concrete tomb has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 15th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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