“The former SAS sniper Danny Nightingale is to appeal against his conviction for illegally possessing a gun and ammunition.”
The Guardian, 7th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is asking for people’s views about whether current penalties for dog offences are severe enough.”
Home Office, 6th August 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“A former teacher who evaded the authorities for more than a decade has been jailed for 14 years for sexually abusing boys at a Norfolk school.”
BBC News, 5th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Owners of dogs that kill people could face life imprisonment if an online consultation run by the government demonstrates public support for more severe penalties.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother and stepfather of Daniel Pelka have been jailed for life for starving, torturing and battering the four-year-old boy to death.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policewoman with the Hampshire force who disclosed intelligence to criminals has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who police said viciously attacked a homeless man in a park in Greater Manchester then pretended to be a Good Samaritan has been jailed.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who left a cat needing surgery to remove its eye after shooting it with a catapult has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The estranged wife of the paralysed former motorbike stuntrider Eddie Kidd has been jailed for five months after she admitted assaulting him.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Chapman [2013] EWCA Crim 1370; [2013] WLR (D) 318
“Once an appeal had been constituted by filing a notice of appeal in time or by obtaining an extension of time from the court, the order of the court below was subject to review and not final and the court could not justify refusing to allow the defendant to take advantage of a change in the law which occurred between the filing of the notice of appeal and the hearing itself.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Giles Bedloe, who acted as junior counsel in SFO v Williams reviews the recent statements of the Court of Appeal in Attorney General’s Reference Nos. 7 & 8 of 2012 and R v Levene [2013] EWCA 709.”
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Dyers Chambers, 11th July 2013
Source: www.dyerschambers.com
“A man who killed and dismembered his friend has received a life sentence for his manslaughter.”
BBC News, 30th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four men have been found guilty of causing a series of nail bomb explosions at houses in Staffordshire.”
BBC News, 30th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two jurors have both been jailed for two months after being found guilty of contempt of court for misusing the internet during crown court trials.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jurors who use the internet to research court cases cause ‘absolute chaos’, Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 20-year-old man who killed a Royal Marine with one punch has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 29th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who was caught with indecent images of children and extreme pornography involving animals has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 29th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who battered a retired farmer to death in Cambridgeshire have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A rapist taxi driver described by a prosecutor as ‘every woman’s worst nightmare’ has been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for the ‘sexually motivated’ murder of a teenage girl he stabbed 58 times and set on fire in Blackpool.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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