“A 12-week prison sentence given to a man who posted offensive comments on Facebook about missing April Jones and Madeleine McCann has been criticised by legal commentators as disproportionate. But are judges and magistrates out of touch when it comes to social media?”
BBC News, 10th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five of the UK’s most dangerous criminals are to appeal against their life sentences for murder and rape.”
BBC News, 10th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed after police came under fire during riots in Birmingham in August 2011.”
BBC News, 9th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hardline ‘two strikes and you’re out’ automatic life sentence for serious sexual or violent offences will be brought into force shortly, the self-proclaimed ‘tough’ justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has told the Conservative party conference.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who stabbed a student to death in a row over conkers has had his sentence increased by the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The television presenter and comedian Justin Lee Collins has been found guilty of harassing his former partner, Anna Larke, by a jury at St Albans crown court.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who posted a Facebook message following the deaths of six British soldiers which said: ‘All soldiers should die and go to hell’ has been sentenced to a community order and told to pay costs of £300 by magistrates.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 20-year-old has been sent to prison for twelve weeks for posting offensive and derogatory comments about missing five-year-old April Jones on his Facebook page. His attempts at humour were undoubtedly stupid, offensive and exhibited incredibly poor taste and timing. But is a long spell in prison really the way we should be dealing with offensive idiots? Is a law which was passed before social media existed now placing a significant chill on our freedom of expression rights?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Director of public prosecutions to draft guidelines about prosecution for offensive, indecent, or obscene comments online.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who posted ‘despicable’ comments on his Facebook page about the missing five-year-old April Jones has been jailed for 12 weeks.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The man who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford is to appeal against the length of his sentence.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three people who murdered a man in Norfolk after torturing him in scenes compared to the Resident Evil horror franchise have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New supergrass laws have led to some murderers, gangsters and drug dealers having their prison sentences cut by more than 80%, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The 2 masterminds behind an international people smuggling system were today handed a combined 13 years and 4 months of prison time.”
UK Border Agency, 4th October 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines which includes Update 9 (the update on the Victim Surcharge) are now available to download.”
Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (PDF)
Sentencing Council, 1st October 2012
“A mother jailed after her children complained to social services that she had smacked them has been freed on appeal.”
BBC News, 1st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A couple who ran a network of brothels in East Anglia and the West Country have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A florist owner who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £23.5 million into the country in boxes of flowers has been jailed for 18 years.”
The Independent, 27th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court has ordered the release of a man jailed in the run-up to the Olympics, because of terrorism-related convictions dating from the 1970s.”
BBC News, 28th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang including a 16-year-old boy have been sentenced after stealing Chinese art worth up to £15m from a museum in an act of ‘cultural vandalism’.”
BBC News, 27th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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