Speeding biker Gary Dobson who did 144mph on A63 banned – BBC News
“A biker who reached speeds of 144mph (232km/h) on an A-road in North Yorkshire has been banned from riding for six months.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Husband who beat wife’s lover freed after she finally admits affair – Daily Telegraph
“A man jailed for beating up a friend he saw embracing his wife has been freed on appeal – after she belatedly confessed to the affair.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Scissor death killer Sandra Clinch jailed for husband’s manslaughter – BBC News
“A woman who fatally stabbed her husband with a pair of scissors in a row about tidying their house has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abu Hamza son Imran Mostafa jailed over King’s Lynn raid – BBC News
“The son of Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been jailed for 11 years over an armed raid on a Norfolk jewellers.”
BBC News, 8th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook user avoids jail over April Jones comments – The Guardian
“A sales adviser who made a series of depraved sexual comments about five-year-old April Jones on Facebook has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eye-gouge man Shane Jenkin loses appeal over Tina Nash attack – BBC News
“A man jailed for life for blinding his girlfriend by gouging out her eyes has had an appeal against his sentence refused.”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
City trader Nicholas Levene gets 13-year sentence for £32m Ponzi scam – The Guardian
“He was the very embodiment of the flash City trader – a self-made millionaire who rode the wave of the 1980s big bang to become a financial player famed for throwing lavish parties attended by celebrities and leading business figures.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophile jailed indefinitely over abduction of boy aged 10 – The Guardian
“A predatory paedophile whose ‘truly horrific’ abduction of a 10-year-old boy sparked mass street protests has been jailed indefinitely for public protection.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Undertaker jailed for stealing dead woman’s purse – The Guardian
“An undertaker who stole a purse from a woman hours after she died has been jailed. Grahame Lawler, 37, of Teversham Road, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, was called to the home of Muriel Swift, 78, in Linton in July after police discovered her body.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman jailed after torturing 15-year-old boy by forcing him to lick up his blood and drink his own urine – The Independent
“A woman who tortured a teenage boy by making him drink his own urine and lick up his blood has been sentenced to four years in prison.”
The Independent, 5th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Colonel Riley Workman murder: Former gamekeeper guilty – BBC News
“A former gamekeeper has been found guilty of the murder of a retired colonel in Hertfordshire.”
BBC News, 5th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who hid 14 million cigarettes in refrigerated lorries carrying fruit and vegetables is jailed – The Independent
“A freight distribution manager who hid more than 14 million cigarettes in refrigerated lorries carrying fruit and vegetables, to evade an estimated £2.5 million in duty and VAT, has been jailed, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).”
The Independent, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Toddler’s murderer jailed for minimum of 17 years – The Guardian
“A man was jailed for a minimum of 17 years on Friday after being found guilty of the murder of a two-year-old boy.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stephen Farrow jailed for life for murders of vicar and retired teacher – The Guardian
“A man who fatally stabbed a retired teacher and a vicar at their homes in attacks six weeks apart has been jailed for life and told he will never be released.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ken Clarke’s reforms could still cut prison population, figures show – The Guardian
“Ken Clarke’s sentencing reforms could still fuel a 2,000-strong cut in the record prison population in England and Wales, according to official projections.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs call communications data bill ‘honeypot for hackers and criminals’ – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has been told by peers and MPs that her £1.8bn internet monitoring proposals will be a ‘honeypot for hackers and criminals around the world’ and that she must bring in prison sentences for those who hack databases.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Osezua Osolase jailed for ‘juju’ rituals trafficker – BBC News
“A man who carried out ‘juju’ witchcraft on teenage girls he trafficked from Nigeria to Europe for prostitution has been jailed for 20 years.”
BBC News, 29th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minimum sentences, minimum justice – Zenith Chambers
“A five year old girl, Thusha Kamaleswaran, was shot through the spine and paralysed from the waist down for life, in March 2011. She was in her uncle’s shop in Stockwell, London, when two bullets were fired from a gun by a gang member from outside into the shop. Three men were put on trial for the shooting, and convicted at the Old Bailey on 26th March 2012. The jury at the trial were shown CCTV footage of Thusha skipping happily in the aisle in her pink dress and red cardigan shortly before she was struck. ”
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Zenith Chambers, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Ryan Coleman-Farrow jailed for faking rape case records – BBC News
“A former Metropolitan Police detective constable who specialised in rape cases has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for faking police records.”
BBC News, 29th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Winterbourne View abusers sentenced – Crown Prosecution Service
“11 people have been sentenced for ill-treating patients at the Winterbourne View care home near Bristol.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
