“The Financial Services Authority has secured its first criminal conviction for a ‘boiler room’ fraud after David Mason was sentenced to two years in prison and disqualified from being a director for six years.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who filmed himself sexually abusing young girls in his classroom has been jailed indefinitely.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Following a three months period of training and implementation the definitive guideline on assault came into effect on 13 June 2011. It aims to ensure a consistent and proportionate approach to sentencing, with convicted offenders receiving a sentence that reflects both the harm they have caused to their victim and their culpability.
This guideline and the updated Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines, incorporating the new assault guideline, are available here.”
Sentencing Council, 13th June 2011
“Three men were jailed on Monday after they admitted running an international paedophile ring that distributed millions of indecent images and films of children to subscribers in more than 40 countries.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four men have been jailed for their parts in running a paedophile ring that sent millions of indecent images around the world.”
BBC News, 13th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A prison governor branded as ‘arrogant’ and ‘overbearing’ has been jailed for child sex offences.”
BBC News, 10th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former GP who indecently assaulted young girls at his Sussex surgery has been jailed for more than eight years.”
BBC News, 10th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who kidnapped a bank director’s dog and demanded a ransom of £500, in revenge for her failure to help secure him a loan, has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial rapist who subjected three strangers to terrifying assaults in a 10-week period was jailed indefinitely for public protection today.”
The Independent, 10th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The pilot of a plane that crashed on election day, injuring Ukip leader Nigel Farage, was given a two-year community order today after a court heard his threats to kill the politician were ‘a cry for help’. ”
The Guardian, 10th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The deterrent effect of short-term sentences is lost on criminals who are jailed time and time again, a report has found.”
The Independent, 8th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An 18-year-old man has been sentenced indefinitely for the knifepoint rape of a pensioner in her Lancashire home.”
BBC News, 9th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed for their parts in three bank robberies in which more than £500,000 was stolen.”
BBC News, 8th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage burglar who boasted on Facebook that he would serve only six months for a raid on a pensioner’s home was sentenced to more than two years after his remarks were brought to the judge’s attention.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke has been forced by Number 10 to abandon a plan to give rapists, and other serious offenders, a 50% sentence discount in return for early guilty pleas, but he is fiercely resisting Treasury demands to make his justice ministry bear the multi-million pound cost.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Theresa May confirms second postponement to publication of sentencing and legal aid bill amid row over plans to reduce jail terms for offenders who submit early guilty pleas.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A PR consultant from London has been jailed for 7 years for attempting to smuggle more than £500,000 of high purity cocaine into the UK through Heathrow Airport.”
UK Border Agency. 7th June 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Prisoners prefer to do a short stretch behind bars than complete a community sentence because they consider it less of a punishment, according to research by prison governors and penal reformers.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Prime Minister has sent Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke back to the drawing board over sentencing reforms in a bid to reimpose the Tories’ law and order standing.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A care home deputy manager who stole £11,500 from an 84-year-old resident has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 6th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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