Ex-teacher jailed for sex with boy at Lincolnshire school – BBC News
“A former teacher at a school in North East Lincolnshire has been jailed after admitting having sex with a pupil.”
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Senior judge blames press sentencing criticism for full prisons – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge yesterday blamed a ‘relentless’ press campaign on soft sentencing for prisons now being full.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fake rape claim Burnley woman is jailed – BBC News
“A woman who falsely accused a man of rape has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PC jailed over sex text abuse – The Independent
“A ‘sexually obsessed’ police officer who sent explicit text messages to vulnerable women after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three years and four months.”
The Independent, 17th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed over fraud technology – The Independent
“An international computer whizz-kid was jailed today after trying to bring new bank card scamming technology into Britain. German Thomas Beeckmann, 26, was stopped in June at Victoria coach station having just arrived from Holland.Police found 17 electronic circuits capable of stealing £150 million a year from chip and PIN machines.”
The Independent, 14th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rugby mobility scooter fire youth given hospital order – BBC News
“A 17-year-old boy who started a fire in a sheltered housing complex in Rugby has been sentenced to a hospital order.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office rejects decriminalising possession of drugs for personal use – The Guardian
“The Home Office has quickly rejected a call from the government’s official drug advisers to decriminalise the personal possession of all illegal drugs, including heroin and cocaine. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has said it would be better if the tens of thousands of people caught with illicit drugs were sent on drug education and awareness courses rather than punished with fines and other penalties, up to imprisonment.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Warren Goring jailed over shopping channel debts killing – BBC News
“A man from Norfolk who strangled his wife after a row about debts built up through a TV shopping channel has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Art teacher jailed for selling Picasso and Lowry forgeries for £180,000 – Daily Telegraph
“A rogue dealer has been jailed after engineering a £180,000 scam where he told fine art fakes to galleries across Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cornish student who stole family yacht jailed after mother presses charges – The Guardian
“A student who stole his family’s £10,000 yacht and needed to be rescued by a lifeboat crew has been jailed for nine months after his mother reported him to police.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Looters must get longer in prison, courts told – Daily Telegraph
“New sentencing guidelines for magistrates and judges have for the first time included general public disorder as an aggravating factor in burglary offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Victims central to new guideline for the sentencing of burglars – Sentencing Council
“Today the Sentencing Council is publishing a new definitive guideline for the sentencing of burglars.”
Sentencing Council, 13th October 2011
Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk
Child cruelty couple get five years – The Independent
“A couple said to have swapped the identity of their dead baby daughter to her twin sister in a bid to cover injuries they inflicted have been jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 10th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke suffers setback over sentencing rules for magistrates – The Guardian
“Magistrates’ powers to sentence offenders to up to 12 months in prison are to be retained following a climbdown by the Ministry of Justice in the wake of the summer riots.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dangerous drivers to face longer jail terms – Ministry of Justice
“Dangerous drivers who seriously injure others could spend longer in jail thanks to a new criminal offence, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Unicef criticises Britain for jailing children over riots – The Guardian
“Unicef has criticised the UK judicial system for locking up children allegedly involved in the August riots and warned ministers that they are likely to be in breach of their UN obligations to children’s rights.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man gets 27 years for woods murder – The Independent
“The mother of an economics graduate has said she can never forgive her daughter’s killer for destroying the lives of so many when he battered the 25-year-old to death in woodland near where she worked.”
The Independent, 7th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dangerous driving: the victims let down by the law – Daily Telegraph
“Today the government announces that the penalty for death by dangerous driving will rise from two years in prison to five years. But it is too late for some. Here are the victims let down by the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman jailed after using drill to sink estranged husband’s £75,000 yacht – The Guardian
“A ‘manipulative and angry’ woman has been jailed for 18 months after drilling holes in her estranged husband’s £75,000 yacht and causing it to sink on Valentine’s Day.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children’s charity fraudster Howard Rose jailed – BBC News
“A ‘heartless’ charity administrator who took more than £76,000 from a fund for sick children has been jailed.”
BBC News, 6th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
