Hanged Essex teenager’s sex abuser jailed – BBC News
“A sex abuser whose 14-year-old victim hanged herself in her Essex home has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Jails are being ‘used as holding pens’ for foreign ex-offenders – The Independent
“People who have served prison terms are being kept behind bars while they wait to be deported, government data shows.”
The Independent, 15th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years – Daily Telegraph
“Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years under plans to crackdown on people who ‘flout the system’, the country’s top prosecutor will say on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lifers released on licence to kill again – Daily Telegraph
“Five murderers who were released on licence from their life sentences have killed again in the past four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Liverpool court clerk jailed for driving licence scam – BBC News
“A court clerk from Liverpool who helped more than 70 motorists falsify their
driving records and escape bans has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex attacker shown mercy after plea from victim has sentence increased – Daily Telegraph
“A sex attacker given a suspended jail term for a knifepoint rape after his victim said he needed ‘help not punishment’ has had his ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased to a five years in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Sadistic’ paedophile Christopher Atkins jailed for ‘vile’ attack on toddler – The Independent
“A paedophile who carried out a life-threatening sexual assault on a toddler after social services failed to conduct background checks has been jailed for seventeen and a half years.”
The Independent, 12th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed after admitting sex with goat – Daily Telegraph
“A man who admitted having sexual intercourse with a goat has been jailed for six weeks.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PC Gareth Francis’s killer jailed for manslaughter – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for killing an off-duty police officer who died when he hit his head after being punched.”
BBC News, 12th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Murderers and other lifers on day release without adequate risk assessment, watchdogs warn – Daily Telegraph
“Murderers, rapists and other life prisoners are being allowed out on day release without being properly risk assessed, two watchdogs have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three’s a crowd for simple magistrates court cases, says minister – The Guardian
“Chris Grayling says it is absurd that benches of three magistrates are required to rubber-stamp ‘foregone conclusions.’ ”
The Guardian, 11th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Gibson) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
Regina (Gibson) v Secretary of State for Justice: [2013] EWHC 2481 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 344
“Where the Crown Court fixed a term of imprisonment in default of a sum recoverable under a confiscation order the words ‘at the time the period of detention was imposed’ in section 79(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 meant the time when the default term was activated by the magistrates’ court, not the time when it was fixed by the Crown Court, for the purposes of calculating a reduction in the term of imprisonment.”
WLR Daily, 4th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Fine wine fraudsters jailed for conning elderly investors – Daily Telegraph
“Two members of a family of fraudsters who conned elderly investors in a £4.5 million fine wine scam have been jailed for a total of ten-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Kent sex assault GP Barend Delport jailed for six years – BBC News
“A GP who sexually assaulted and took intimate pictures of women and child patients has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 9th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father jailed for stealing to launch son’s racing career – Daily Telegraph
“A father has been jailed for stealing £600,000 from the taxpayer to try and make his son the next Lewis Hamilton.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Star Trek fan Anthony Alleyne jailed for child porn offences – BBC News
“A Star Trek fan who converted his flat into a replica of the Starship Enterprise has been jailed for downloading thousands of images of child abuse.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four jailed for ‘breathtaking’ mortgage fraud in north Wales – BBC News
“A former police officer has been jailed for seven years at Mold Crown Court for leading the biggest mortgage fraud in north Wales, worth up to £24m.”
BBC news, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Businessman jailed after drugging woman and assaulting her for nine hours – Daily Telegraph
“A businessman told a woman he was taking her to a pop concert but then drugged her, put her unconscious body into a wheelchair and took her to a hotel where he raped her for nine hours, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Most-wanted cigarette smuggler jailed after 12 years on run- BBC News
“A cigarette smuggler found in Spain after 12 years on the run has been sentenced to four years in jail.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for slashing two friends in row over Lee Rigby – The Guardian
“A man who slashed two friends with a knife during a drunken row over the
murder of soldier Lee Rigby has been jailed for five years.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
