Nurse spared jail for killing baby in botched circumcision – BBC News
“A nurse who caused the death of a baby in a botched home circumcision has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 8th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Aamir Siddiqi murder: killers jailed for stabbing teenager by mistake – The Guardian
“Two hitmen who stabbed an innocent schoolboy to death by mistake have been told they will spend at least 40 years each in prison before being eligible for parole.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Farmer who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits caught herding cattle – Daily Telegraph
“David Millward, 55, was secretly filmed by the Department of Work and Pensions carrying bags of animal feed around the field he rented off Stafford Road, Coven, Staffs, despite claiming he could only walk 10 metres unaided.Millward admitted fraudulently claiming £75,532 in income support and £24,692 in disability living allowance earlier this month after making an application for disability benefits in 2003.He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Nathan Rawling jailed for ‘murderous’ baby attack – BBC News
“A man who caused a one-month-old boy life-threatening injuries including two
punctured lungs and 26 rib fractures has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 4th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firkin brothers’ murder convictions questioned after witness jailed – BBC News
“The conviction of Robert and Lee Firkins for one of Cornwall’s most notorious
murders has been cast into doubt, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Frederick Gilliard jailed for killing wife with statue – BBC News
“A 76-year-old man who bludgeoned his wife with a garden statue has been jailed
for four years.”
BBC news, 1st February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anonymous teenage hacker spared jail over cyber attacks – The Guardian
“A ‘profoundly isolated’ teenage hacker has been given a youth rehabilitation order for his role in planning cyber attacks with the hacking group Anonymous.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
April Casburn jailed for News of the World leak offer – BBC News
“The first person to be prosecuted as part of the investigation into payments by journalists to officials has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.”
BBC News, 1st February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man gave wife overdose to have ‘peace and quiet’ – The Guardian
“A man who acted as full-time carer to his wife for the five years of their marriage has been jailed for administering an overdose of prescription drugs to her to give himself a day of respite.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barry Reeve murder: Women tortured pensioner to death – BBC News
“Two women who tortured a retired bus conductor and left him to die have been found guilty of his murder.”
BBC News, 31st January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
TV death baby: Kian McMillan’s mother jailed – BBC News
“The mother of a four-month-old boy who died when a television fell on his head has been jailed.”
BBC News, 31st January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
B (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
B (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 4; [2013] WLR (D) 29
“Where a person held by a civil court or tribunal to be in contempt of court appealed against a sentence of imprisonment imposed for the contempt and the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) found that the lower court’s factual findings had been flawed but that nevertheless, on the basis of the true facts, there had still been contempt requiring imprisonment, it could decide for itself what the appropriate sentence should be by asking whether the lower court’s sentence had been manifestly excessive, provided that the lower court’s decision had not been influenced by its flawed findings of fact.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie’s brother jailed for her murder – The Guardian
“The brother of the former EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie, whose mutilated remains were found in a London canal, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years after being convicted of her murder.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge pays thief’s £1 debt to court out of his own pocket – Daily Telegraph
“A Judge has paid a thief’s £1 debt to the court out of his own pocket because he does not agree with the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Isle of Wight £90m cocaine yacht trial: Two men jailed – BBC News
“Two men caught in possession of £90m worth of cocaine on a yacht off the Isle of Wight have been jailed.”
BBC News, 30th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Taxi driver jailed for killing lover 17 years ago – Daily Telegraph
“A married black cab driver was jailed for 12 years today for killing his mistress more than 17 years ago and disposing of her body so that it has never been found.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Scores of violent offenders able to walk out of jail – Daily Telegraph
“Scores of Britain’s most dangerous criminals have walked out of open prisons over the past year, official statistics disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Use of police cautions has ‘got out of hand’, magistrates warn – Daily Telegraph
“One in four violent criminals are avoiding court as magistrates warned the excessive use of cautions by police has ‘got out of hand’.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Robert Coulson jailed for smuggling cannabis – BBC News
” 71-year-old man who admitted trying to smuggle more than £168,000 worth of
cannabis through a ferry port has been jailed for three years and nine months.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Guns and drugs smuggling soldiers jailed – BBC News
“Four British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
