“A former soldier who left bus passengers fearing for their lives after he pointed a replica gun at them has been jailed for five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Courts will be encouraged to hand more community sentences to women offenders – backed by curfews, tagging and unpaid work – in an attempt to reduce the female prison population.”
The Independent, 21st March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who beat and raped his girlfriend and kept her hostage in his Norfolk flat for two weeks has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 21st March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police community support officer was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for repeatedly targeting vulnerable women for sex while on duty.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A cyber-criminal nicknamed the ‘Black Dragon’, who masterminded an audacious
attempt to hack into the United Nations computer systems to steal £6.5m worth of
carbon credits, was jailed for three-and-a-half years yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘crash-for-cash’ scam run by a 60-strong gang swindled so much money car insurance firms raised bills of people in the area by about £100 a year. The fraud in County Durham involved faking accidents and making false whiplash compensation claims. The 60 either admitted or were found guilty during hearings held at Newcastle Crown Court since last March.”
BBC News, 18th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A landlord who conned would-be tenants out of more than £6,000 by advertising on the Gumtree listings website in a ‘highly sophisticated scam’ has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An armed diplomatic security officer who abandoned his duties for extra-marital sex has been sentenced to nine months in prison.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former senior teacher at a Suffolk private school has been jailed for
possessing more than 40,000 indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five men have today been sentenced at Warrington Crown Court for setting up a laboratory used to produce a synthetic substance called BMK. This is the first time that this method of BMK manufacture has been detected in the UK or continental Europe. BMK is not a controlled drug but is used to make amphetamine.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“New proposals for how environmental offenders like fly-tippers should be sentenced have been launched today by the Sentencing Council.”
Sentencing Council, 14th March 2013
“A man was jailed yesterday for his part in a sham marriage plot after he went on
a month-long ‘lads only’ holiday immediately after his supposed wedding.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Tory MP David Burrowes has written to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, asking him to review the eight-month sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce on the grounds that they are ‘unduly lenient’.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People responsible for repeatedly dumping waste should face larger fines, says the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.”
BBC News, 14th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police officer who won a national award for bravery has been jailed after abusing his position to have sex with a vulnerable woman.”
The Independent, 12th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ‘professional criminal’ given a life sentence for a road rage murder on an M25 slip road today (12 March) failed in a bid to get his 16-year minimum jail term cut by the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 12th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The eight month prison sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are well within the normal range for such offences but slightly longer than many had expected.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former futures trader was yesterday sentenced to four years jail after being found guilty of insider dealing.”
The Independent, 12th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, have each been jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice over an arrangement 10 years ago in which Pryce took speeding points for the former Liberal Democrat MP.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been handed a life term after stabbing a gambler to death who had won £3,000 at a casino.”
The Independent, 9th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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