Sex offence conviction rates ‘low’ – BBC News
“Only a fraction of sexual offences in England and Wales results in a conviction, a statistical review says.”
BBC News, 10th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Judge forced to revoke jail term after sentencing teenager for wrong crime – The Independent
“A judge was forced into an embarrassing retreat after he sentenced a teenager for the wrong crime, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 8th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Landlord John Tatton forced girl to ‘pay’ for rent in sexual favours – BBC News
“A landlord who forced a teenage girl to ‘pay’ for her rent with sexual favours has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 7th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother jailed for life for beating son to death for not learning Qur’an – The Guardian
“A mother who beat her seven-year-old son to death for failing to learn the Qur’an by heart and then burned his body in an attempt to hide her crime has been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminals should spend longer in jail, says Chris Grayling – The Guardian
“Criminals should spend longer in jail and not be automatically released after serving half their sentence, the justice secretary has said.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Serial offenders escaping tough penalties at record rate – Daily Telegraph
“The worst serial offenders are being let off with cautions at a record rate as thousands avoid tough penalties every year, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Four men jailed for murder of 17-year-old boy – The Guardian
“Four men have been jailed for life for killing a 17-year-old boy who was chased out of a birthday party by attackers carrying champagne and brandy bottles.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gordon Dyche trial: Sentence upheld for Llyn Clywedog crash that killed family – BBC News
“A motorist jailed for causing the deaths of a family by careless driving at a
lake in Powys has been told his four-year sentence was fair.”
BBC News, 20th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Roy Sly murder: ‘Sadistic torture’ killers jailed – BBC News
“Two people have been jailed for the ‘sadistic torture’ murder of a friend who
invited them for a meal in Essex.”
BBC News, 20th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Romanian metal theft gang jailed – Daily Telegraph
“Eight Romanians who embarked on a cable theft spree, creating havoc across a swathe of the Midlands rail network, have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Richard Morgan jailed for killing Slater Sharkey – BBC News
“A factory worker who shook his girlfriend’s baby son to death has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conman jailed after admitting he lied as easily as he breathed’ – Daily Telegraph
“A trickster who posed as a Goldman Sachs billionaire told his victim: ‘I lie as easily as I breathe,’ the woman said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Traveller family guilty of forced labour are jailed – BBC News
“Five members of a traveller family who were found guilty of keeping their own private workforce have been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GP jailed for 11 years for sex assaults that stretched across two decades – The Independet
“Police have thanked the women who came forward to help convict a GP who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kwame Ofosu-Asare murder: Two teenagers detained – BBC News
“Two teenagers have been given life terms for the murder of a schoolboy.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father faces jail for finger-biting attack at school nativity play – The Guardian
“A father who admitted biting off part of another man’s finger at a children’s nativity play has been told a jail sentence is almost inevitable.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Driver who killed pedestrian after texting escapes jail – Daily Telegraph
“A motorist who killed a pedestrian after sending a text on her mobile phone has escaped jail after a judge accepted there would be no one to care for her elderly mother and 12-year-old daughter if she went to prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Aarron McKoy murder: Gunman jailed for life over New Year’s Eve shooting – The Independent
“A gunman was today jailed for a minimum 31 years for killing a teacher’s son celebrating his birthday in a wine bar.”
The Independent, 17th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Appeal court rejects attempt to increase Chris Halliwell’s murder sentence – The Guardian
“The appeal court has ruled against an attempt to increase the minimum jail term being served by Chris Halliwell, who brutally murdered Sian O’Callaghan after she got into his taxi.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former Labour MP Margaret Moran escapes jail and criminal conviction despite fiddling £53,000 of expenses from taxpayer – The Independent
“The former Labour MP, Margaret Moran, has been given a two-year supervision and treatment order for fiddling her expenses in order to gain £53,000 she was not entitled to.”
The Independent, 14th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
