“A registered blind man from Suffolk, who stole a car which was involved in crash which left a woman dead, has been sentenced to 12 years custody.”
BBC News, 31st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six fraudsters were jailed last week for fronting a fake claims company that defrauded 19 personal injury law firms of almost £140,000.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ex-Labour MP Jim Devine has been jailed for 16 months for fraudulently claiming £8,385 in expenses.”
BBC News, 31st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A literary agent who duped budding authors and investors into handing over more than £500,000 for non-existent film and book deals has been jailed for six years. Robin Price, a former cinema manager from north Devon, claimed he had contacts in Hollywood including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A naked burglar who broke into the homes of two families has failed to persuade judges that his indefinite jail term was unfair.”
BBC News, 29th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Drug runners and small–scale dealers could escape prison even if caught with a 50–gram bag of cocaine or heroin or dozens of Ecstasy pills, under planned new guidance for courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Politicians should stop criticising human rights ruling as they are to blame for tying the hands of courts, the country’s most senior judge signalled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Six people involved in the abduction, torture and murder of a restaurant worker from Hertfordshire have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today, the Sentencing Council is launching a three-month public consultation on its proposals to introduce a new guideline for judges and magistrates for the sentencing of drugs offenders.”
Sentencing Council, 28th March 2011
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
“The serial sex attacker Delroy Grant has been sentenced to life in prison for the 17 years of terror in which he attacked at least 203 elderly people in their homes.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who filmed himself sexually abusing boys at his homes in Manchester and Liverpool, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A wedding party arrested in Sheffield city centre last September as part of a nationwide crackdown have been jailed.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd April 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A lorry driver who killed a workman has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who murdered his five-year-old daughter by driving a car into a river has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who kidnapped and raped a 17-year-old girl almost 24 years ago has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.bbb.co.uk
“A man from Cornwall has been jailed for shooting his sister’s donkey dead after an argument.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man with a fetish for cow manure has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Labour MP David Chaytor has lost an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for fiddling parliamentary expenses as senior judges ruled he had inflicted ‘serious damage’ to our ‘priceless democratic system’ and could have received an even longer jail term.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former Labour MP David Chaytor has launched a high court bid to reduce his 18-month prison sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British computer hacker who stole 400bn virtual gaming chips from an international gaming company has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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