Joss Stone death plot: Junior Bradshaw and Kevin Liverpool convicted – BBC News
“Two men have been convicted of plotting to kill singer Joss Stone.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Undertaker who murdered wife and disposed of body given life sentence – The Independent
“An undertaker who was today found guilty of killing his wife in their bungalow and disposing of her body has been given a life sentence, of which he must serve a minimum of 17 years.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stephen Seddon jailed for 40 years for parents’ murder – The Guardian
“A conman has been jailed for a minimum 40 years and told he will never be paroled after the cold-blooded murder of his parents to collect his £230,000 inheritance.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burglar who killed street cleaner jailed for at least 27 years – The Guardian
“A burglar was jailed for a minimum of 27 years on Wednesday for killing a street cleaner who tried to stop him with his broom as he fled from a house with a stolen laptop.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former prison officer jailed for Jon Venables leak – Daily Telegraph
“A former prison officer has been jailed for selling information to a newspaper
on Jon Venables, one of Jamie Bulger’s killers.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bigamist avoids jail after claiming his he needs to support his current wife’s parents – Daily Telegraph
“A bigamist who has been married to four different women has avoided jail after
insisting that his extended family were financially dependent upon him.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex-PC and prison worker jailed for Sun information sale – BBC News
“A former prison worker and an ex-policeman have been jailed for selling
information to the Sun newspaper.”
BBC News, 27th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former Essex broker jailed for foreign exchange investment fraud – Crown Prosecution Service
“Ian James Dickinson has today been sentenced to five years at Chelmsford Crown Court for a fraudulent foreign exchange investment scheme. Over nearly five years, Dickinson defrauded investors of around £3 million.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Darren Purchase jailed for 20 years for series of sex crimes – BBC News
“A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting and
raping eight people including a 13-year-old boy.”
BBC News, 25th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rochdale nightclub death: Twelve jailed over John Lee Barrett killing – BBC News
“Twelve men have been jailed over the death of a man at a Rochdale nightclub in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2011.”
BBC News, 26th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chetham’s music teacher Michael Brewer jailed for sexually abusing pupil – The Guardian
“A music teacher at one of the UK’s most prestigious music schools has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of sexually abusing a pupil.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Should prison be reserved for dangerous criminals? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“This month we saw eight-month sentences handed out to Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce for perverting the course of justice. Both had been warned to ‘be under no illusion as to the likely sentence’ – the judicial way of saying, ‘expect a custodial sentence’. Of course, the lawyers would tell you that this was inevitable as the courts treat such crimes severely.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina v Hampshire County Council – WLR Daily
Regina v Hampshire County Council [2013] WLR (D) 117
“There was no reason to stay confiscation proceedings where a trademark offence had been committed, because trademark offences were lifestyle, repeat offences, which did real damage to those entitled to the profits of a trademark and deprived the manufacturers of the legitimate fruits of the research and development of their product and it was proceeds which mattered rather than blame.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Mahmood – WLR Daily
Regina v Mahmood [2013] EWCA Crim 325; [2013] WLR (D) 116
“When calculating the expenditure incurred during a conspiracy, the statutory assumption in section 10(4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 did not mean that each conspirator was treated as having incurred all of the expenditure and evidence was required about the particular conspirator who had incurred it.”
WLR Daily, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Darren Purchase jailed for 20 years for series of sex crimes – BBC News
“A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting and raping eight people including a 13-year-old boy.”
BBC News, 25th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sadistic’ horror film fan jailed for Chester murder – BBC News
“A horror film fan who killed his friend in a scene which mirrored one of his favourite films has been jailed for life at Chester Crown Court.”
BBC News, 25th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Film tax-credit fraudsters jailed – The Guardian
“Five fraudsters who pretended to be making a Hollywood blockbuster as part of a £2.8m VAT and film tax credits scam have been jailed.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fake vicar jailed for charity fraud – BBC News
“A conman who posed as a vicar and tricked Merseyside charities out of about £90,000 has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Six months, no jail sentences: call for controversial squatter law to be axed – The Independent
“Six months after new laws were introduced to ‘protect homeowners’ from squatters, police have not arrested a single person for displacing residents from their home, leading to calls for the legislation to be scrapped.”
The Independent, 24th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Canterbury court sentences royal car protester Jonathan Elliott – The Independent
“A protester has been bound over to keep the peace for 12 months after he lunged at a car carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall before the Archbishop of Canterbury’s enthronement.”
The Independent, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
