Gloucester man jailed indefinitely for kidnap of girl – BBC News
“A man who admitted kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Gloucestershire has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 10th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Four men jailed over £2m cannabis farm in Essex – BBC news
“Four men found at a large cannabis factory in Essex have been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs’ expenses: Eric Illsley jailed for 12 months – The Guardian
“The former Labour MP Eric Illsley has been jailed for 12 months at Southwark crown court after pleading guilty to charges of false accounting concerning nearly £14,500 in parliamentary expenses.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Give your views on sentencing – Ministry of Justice
“There’s just 23 days left to respond to the Government’s Green Paper on sentencing and rehabilitation of offenders and to give your views on how justice should be delivered.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Sisters sentenced for killing father over contents of safe – The Guardian
“Two teenage sisters described by a judge as ‘Judas-like and wicked’ have been given lengthy jail sentences for the brutal murder of their father.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex-on-duty Greater Manchester police officer jailed – BBC News
“A former Greater Manchester Police constable who had sex with a vulnerable woman while on duty has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sports editor jailed for £370k scam – The Independent
“A former sports editor was jailed today after defrauding a national newspaper of more than £370,000.”
The Independent, 7th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Concern over mother jailed for restraining daughter on drugs – BBC News
“A Kent MP is calling for sentencing guidelines to be reviewed after a mother was jailed for trying to stop her daughter going out to buy heroin.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophiles spared jail because of their age – The Independent
“A steward at Windsor Castle was given a suspended prison sentence today for grooming and abusing a young boy 25 years ago.”
The Independent, 4th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
RAF men jailed for smuggling cigarettes to North East – BBC News
“Three RAF servicemen who helped smuggle seven million cigarettes into Britain on military flights from the Middle East have been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who made false traffic warden slur jailed – BBC News
“A man who falsely claimed a traffic warden racially abused and attacked him to avoid paying for a parking ticket has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 4th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Armed robbery gang members jailed – The Independent
“Members of one of Britain’s biggest networks of armed robbery gangs were jailed today.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gipsy Hill murder: Six jailed for shooting ‘peacemaker’ – BBC News
“Five men and a teenage boy have been jailed for life for shooting dead a ‘peacemaker’ in south London.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophile jailed for abusing six-year-old girls – The Guardian
“Somerset man dubbed Al the Paedo by work colleagues receives 10-year sentence for ‘dreadful breach of trust.’ ”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ceredigion farmer’s five-year ban from keeping animals – BBC News
“A farmer and pet shop owner has been banned from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of 39 welfare offences.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Knifeman jailed for life over footballer’s murder – The Independent
“A knifeman who stabbed to death a promising teenage footballer as he tried to help his friends was jailed for life today with a minimum term of 19 years.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed over M40 wheel grab coach crash – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for a year for causing a crash which left a coach on its side on an embankment on the M40 in Buckinghamshire.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Weston paedophile babysitter facing jail – BBC News
“A man who babysat for a family is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting a string of sex attacks on young children.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-Dresdner financier given longest ever jail term for insider trading – The Guardian
“Former Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein corporate financier Christian Littlewood has been jailed for three years and four months for his role at the centre of an eight-year insider dealing ring involving his wife and her best friend.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage – WLR Daily
Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage [2011] WLR (D) 22
“Where a defendant had been given a statutory right of appeal against a refusal to vary a sexual offences prevention order the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not precluded from exercising its normal powers on an appeal where there was no express statutory power to make an order on the appeal.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
