Two more guilty of record boiler room fraud – BBC News
‘New convictions in the UK’s biggest-ever boiler room scam bring the total convictions in this £70m fraud to nine.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Clifford Clarke death: Women jailed over man ‘eaten alive’ by dog – BBC News
‘Two women who admitted allowing a dog to maul a 79-year-old man to death in his garden have been jailed for a year.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for offensive Ann Maguire Facebook post – BBC News
‘A man who posted an offensive message on Facebook after the killing of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Landlords face prosecution over criminal tenants – Daily Telegraph
‘New offence to be announced in the Queen’s Speech will make it an offence to turn a blind eye to criminal behaviour on your property – with a punishment of up to five years in jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Protest over jailed pigeon feeder from Morecambe – BBC News
‘A protest has been held in support of a man jailed for continuing to feed pigeons in a Lancashire seaside town contrary to a community order.’
BBC News, 31st May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Max Clifford appeals against his sentence – Daily Telegraph
‘The disgraced PR Guru lodges an appeal against his eight year sentence for sex crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cow manure fetishist jailed for five years for death threats to farm owners – The Independent
‘A man with a fetish for rolling naked in cow manure has been sentenced to five years in jail after he threatened to kill a family when they tried to stop him from targeting their farm.’
The Independent, 30th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Fraudulent faith healer jailed for 10 years – The Guardian
‘A woman who posed as a faith healer to con vulnerable victims out of almost £1m has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bristol man Nirmal Gill jailed for 17 years for murdering wife – BBC News
‘A former soldier who murdered his wife after discovering she was having an affair with her ex-husband has been jailed for 17 years.’
BBC News, 28th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Skull Cracker jailed for life after raiding same building society 13 years later – Daily Telegraph
‘Michael Wheatley, who is known as the Skull Cracker, is jailed for life for raiding building society while on the run from an open prison.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New sentencing guidelines bring increased focus to the impact of fraud on victims – Sentencing Council
‘The Sentencing Council has published a new guideline for how people convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery should be sentenced.’
Sentencing Council, 23rd May 2014
Claire Semmens jailed over Aaron Hughes toddler rape – BBC News
‘A babysitter has been jailed for 16 years for giving a three-year-old boy to a known paedophile who drugged and raped him.’
BBC News, 27th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mohammed Badiuzzaman jailed for strangling pregnant wife – BBC News
‘A man has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling his pregnant wife at her home in east London.’
BBC News, 27th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple jailed for labelling innocent woman a prostitute on fake sex profile – Daily Telegraph
‘Rachel Lyne suffered the seven-year hate campaign from couple and was forced to move 350 miles away to escape the constant stream of men knocking on her door expecting sex.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stuart Hall jailed for indecent assaults – BBC News
‘Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to an extra two years and six months in jail for two counts of indecently assaulting a girl.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Courts to issue tougher sentences to convicted fraudsters from October – The Independent
‘Cowboy builders who prey on the elderly and vulnerable will face stiffer sentences as a result of new guidelines released by the Sentencing Council today. The trauma suffered by the victims of unscrupulous builders and other fraudsters is being placed at the heart of the guidelines being given to judges and magistrates in England and Wales.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
European Parliament Election 2014: Don’t take selfies in the polling station or you could face prison time – The Independent
‘The selfie, the self-taken photograph and scourge of 21st century discourse, is now enough of a thing that the Electoral Commission has felt the need to issue a warning to those voting in the European Parliament and local elections that taking one in a polling booth could result in hefty fines or prison time.’
The Independent, 22nd May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Abu Hamza – the ten-year battle – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘It is worth considering two important legal judgments that the ten-year battle to extradite him involved.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
