‘A trainee solicitor who locked her pet dog in a kitchen and left it to suffer a prolonged and painful death over six days has been jailed for 18 weeks.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who twice tried to kill his gravely ill friend as an act of mercy has been jailed for 20 months by a high court judge.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One of the two murderers of soldier Lee Rigby has launched an appeal against his whole-life prison term, the Judicial Office has confirmed.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A gunman has been jailed for life for the second time over the fatal shooting of a man at traffic lights in south Manchester.’
BBC News, 8th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former soldier who stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s flatmate to death while holding the pair hostage has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
’26-year-old drama teacher who admitted having sex with a pupil has been spared a prison sentence.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 20 months for neglecting his elderly mother and defrauding her of thousands of pounds.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A child sex offender who fled to Cyprus after committing “the most shocking and appalling crimes imaginable” has been jailed for 11 years and six months.’
BBC News, 4th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seriously ill youngster was discovered by chance when policeman was investigating missing dogs. Mother, 21, sent to prison for two years in “worst case” PC has ever seen.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who secretly filmed female police officers in changing rooms has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Eleven members of the same family who kidnapped and tortured a couple they falsely accused of murdering a widow have been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang of robbers were jailed after they were arrested on the roof of a KFC restaurant they had attempted to raid.’
The Independent, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ramdeen v State of Trinidad and Tobago: [2014] UKPC 7; [2014] WLR (D) 149
‘Once the Privy Council was seised of a death sentence case, whether by way of an appeal against conviction and/or an appeal against sentence, it had jurisdiction to deal with commutation of sentence, at least where the ground for commutation arose out of court procedures or decisions.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has launched a 12-week consultation on its proposed guidelines for judges and magistrates to use when sentencing people for theft offences.’
Sentencing Council, 3rd April 2014
‘A teenager who stabbed a schoolboy in a park has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 1st April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Danielle Miles set fire to a kebab shop because she arrived minutes after it closed, missing her takeaway order’
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An ice cream seller who kept a vulnerable man as a slave in his garage was not given a lenient sentence, appeal court judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 28th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judges have dismissed an appeal bid by a woman who beat her son to death for failing to memorise the Koran.’
BBC News, 28th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Adults convicted of acts of emotional cruelty against children in their care will face the same threat of jail as those guilty of physical neglect, under new laws being considered by ministers.’
The Guardian, 31st March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenager who murdered a Birmingham rapper in a street stabbing has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years.’
BBC News, 27th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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