“If found guilty Rebekah and Charlie Brooks would be likely to face a custodial sentence but average terms are 10 months.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years after paying under-age girls for sex and inciting others to become child prostitutes.”
The Independent, 15th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A tougher approach to the way those convicted of dangerous dog offences are treated by the courts is contained in a new guideline from the Sentencing Council published today.”
Sentencing Council, 15th May 2012
Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk
Related link: Dangerous Dog Offences Definitive Guideline (PDF)
“A drug addict who stole the wedding ring from the finger of an 87-year-old woman with cancer has been jailed for 14 years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man undergoing psychiatric care who almost murdered a tourist outside York Minster by hitting him repeatedly with a cobblestone has been jailed for a minimum of four and a half years.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More owners of dangerous dogs will be imprisoned, under guidelines issued to judges and magistrates by the Sentencing Council.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men have been given life sentences for shooting a stranger dead after a row in a queue at McDonald’s.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘domineering’ man is to spend the rest of life in prison for murdering his ex-partner and their daughter.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A perfume salesman who painted burqas on scantily clad women on advertising posters and stuck ‘gay-free zone’ posters on London’s Brick Lane was today jailed for 14 months for possessing terrorist literature.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 11th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sentencers and commissioners: Time for a new relationship? (PDF)
Speech by Nicholas Moss JP
Ministry of Justice, 24th April 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Nine men have received heavy jail sentences at Liverpool crown court for their part in a child sexual exploitation gang that groomed young vulnerable girls in Rochdale.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who ‘blighted’ the lives of her children by subjecting them to five years of cruelty has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Magistrates say they should be able to use new online crime maps to give tougher sentences for offenders who are blighting a neighbourhood.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two men who attempted to smuggle 9 Kuwaitis into the UK have been jailed for 11 years.”
UK Border Agency, 1st May 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Two men have been jailed for a total of 37 years after being found guilty of smuggling drugs with an estimated street value of £4.9 million.”
Home Office, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A man who filmed himself raping a woman he had abused when she was a child has been jailed for 20 years.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Now the legal aid bill is law, how do we preserve access to justice?”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“An investigation is under way into the monitoring of a convicted killer who murdered for a second time after being freed from prison.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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