” A former leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a charity which cared for elderly miners.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.indepndent.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a McDonald’s worker in Berkshire in 1986.”
BBC News, 27th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today the Court of Appeal increased the sentence of Adam Khan Ahmadzai, who, in the summer of last year led a gang of looters along a street in Croydon during the London riots.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 25th April 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A woman who was seen on CCTV kicking a boy in the head after he was fatally stabbed in a Tube station has been jailed for 12 years for the killing.”
BBC News, 26th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man at the heart of last year’s Croydon riots had his sentence of four years detention nearly doubled today.”
The Independent, 25th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“When women with children are sent to prison, who is being punished?”
The Guardian, 24th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for at least 18 years each for murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy at a tube station.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Footballer Ched Evans has been jailed for five years for raping a 19-year-old woman, while another player, Clayton McDonald, has been cleared.”
BBC News, 20th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed.”
BBC News, 19th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A caretaker who systematically abused numerous young boys over a 30-year period has been branded a ‘depraved, predatory’ paedophile and jailed for 13-and-a-half years.”
The Independent, 17th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly £50m ($77m).”
BBC News, 17th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gas fitter has been jailed for three years for the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning.”
BBC News, 17th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The teenager who killed pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during the summer riots has been sentenced to eight years’ detention.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British would-be suicide bomber jailed for plotting to blow up an aircraft has had his sentence cut after he assisted prosecutors in the US.”
BBC News, 16th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘reclusive’ rocket enthusiast made and stored the same high explosive used by ‘Shoebomber’ Richard Reid in his garden shed using chemicals he bought on eBay, a court heard today [13 April].”
The Independent, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A computer ‘whiz kid’ who broke into the website of Britain’s biggest abortion provider has been jailed for two years and eight months.”
The Independnet, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who placed the body of her newborn baby in her friend’s garden has walked free from court.”
The Independent, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
” Conmen who pretended to be sheikhs to trick a finance company out of £1.5 million were jailed today at the Old Bailey.”
The Independent, 12th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A father who caused the death of his five-year-old son by dangerous driving has been jailed for 21 months. Alan Lloyd Paul Evans, 34, of Wrexham, was also banned from driving for five years at Mold Crown Court after previously admitting the offence.”
BBC News, 13th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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