‘A man has been jailed for four and a half years after killing a pedestrian with a punch to the head following a row with a cyclist about riding on the pavement.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were convicted of murdering Fusilier Lee Rigby last year. Sentencing was adjourned, however, until such time as the domestic courts had ruled on the legality of the whole life tariff following the Strasbourg ruling in Vinter v UK.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th February 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A benefits cheat filmed riding an elephant in India, walking unaided and getting into a van while claiming he was too ill to work has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has called for tougher sentences for people who keep fighting dogs as he said the current law prevented him from handing a more severe punishment to a man whose pit bull terrier savaged a toddler in the street.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Graham Jones spanked his wife and created pie charts to show how much pain she had caused him.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Details of the poor care received by a 66-year-old diabetic patient who died at the scandal-hit Stafford hospital have emerged as the trust responsible is set to be sentenced over its failings.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Wright (Robert) [2014] WLR (D) 84
‘Where an insurance company paid a defendant’s solicitors’ fees, for which he would otherwise have been liable, in connection with a false insurance claim he had made, he obtained a pecuniary advantage as a result of or in connection with his false claim, for the purposes of section 76(5) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Therefore, by section 76(4), those fees formed part of the defendant’s benefit from his criminal conduct for the purposes of any confiscation order made under the 2002 Act.’
WLR Daily, 19th February 2014
‘A man who admitted stabbing his boss 51 times before going on a “rampage” with a machete has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 21st February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Howe (Kevin) [2014] EWCA Crim 114; [2014] WLR (D) 77
‘The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, gave guidance as to the appropriate level of sentence for offences of encouraging or assisting suicide, contrary to section 2(1) of Suicide Act 1961, taking into account the harm caused and the culpability of the offender.’
WLR Daily, 10th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v McLoughlin; Regina v Newell [2014] EWCA Crim 188; [2014] WLR (D) 82
‘The imposition of a whole life order of imprisonment was not incompatible with article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms because the Secretary of State had power under section 30 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to review such an order where exceptional circumstances had arisen which would justify release on compassionate grounds.
WLR Daily, 18th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Members of a child sex gang responsible for raping and sexually abusing girls as young as 12 in Peterborough were jailed at the Old Bailey today.’
The Independent, 20th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘On 18 February 2014, a specially constituted five-judge Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) handed down its judgment in the latest (but not necessarily the last) round of the Westminster vs Strasbourg battle over whole life tariffs. Much has been written already about the effect of the judgment. Some of it of questionable accuracy, quality and usefulness. [ … ] This article will attempt to provide a concise summary of the issues and effect of the judgment.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th February 2014
‘A man who strangled a passenger until he passed out on a crowded bus has been sentenced to eight years in prison.’
BBC News, 19th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has today [18 February] ruled that judges can continue to impose whole life orders in accordance with Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. On the facts of two individual cases, the Court increased the sentence of Ian McLoughlin to one of a whole life term for the murder of Graham Buck. The Court dismissed an appeal by Lee Newell against his whole life order for the murder of Subhan Anwar.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th February 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The two men convicted of murdering Lee Rigby will be sentenced next week, after a key ruling was handed down today regarding the use of whole-life jail terms.’
The Independent, 18th February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Statement from the Attorney General as triple killer has sentence increased.’
Attorney General’s Office, 18th February 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘British judges can continue to impose “whole life” prison sentences in the most heinous cases of murder, the court of appeal has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two women who failed to report the death of a man and went on to claim his benefits have been jailed for 20 months.’
BBC News, 17th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Career criminal Tommy Roye recruited two enforcers to have his victim’s car torched on his driveway.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Leading judges are to give a crucial ruling on Tuesday on whether whole-life sentences are legal.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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