“An 85-year-old man who was jailed for six months for recording court proceedings was freed by the court of appeal on Friday. Three judges in London quashed the sentence imposed on Norman Scarth in July for contempt of court and substituted one of 12 weeks, resulting in his immediate release from Armley prison in Leeds.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Taliban fighter has been given four life sentences after being found guilty of trying to recruit undercover officers to fight in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
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“A man who threatened to ‘put a bullet in the head’ of the gay rights campaigner Ben Summerskill and a gay couple illegally barred from a hotel has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
An ex-soldier has been jailed indefinitely for raping three teenagers and trying to abduct two schoolgirls.
BBC News, 8th September 2011
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“One of the first men to appear at a crown court after the August riots is to challenge his prison sentence in a case that could help determine how tough the court of appeal is going to be on looters and rioters in general.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judiciary is not overreacting to unprecedented events – it is working on the basis of decades-old guidance.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general has put himself at odds with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, by suggesting that increasing the sentencing powers of magistrates would make courts more efficient.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who drove 23 miles the wrong way along a motorway while twice the drink-drive limit has been jailed for nine months.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron’s plan to allow TV cameras into court will shed light on the judicial process but, crucially, leave parts in the dark.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges’ sentencing of offenders is to be televised under plans to be unveiled by the prime minister shortly, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rioters sentenced in crown courts have received jail terms that are much more severe than usual, replicating the punitive response by magistrates, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
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“Three women have been jailed for subjecting a girl to hours of ‘abuse and humiliation’ in south London.”
BBC News, 5th September 2011
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“A paedophile who was said to have raped one of his victims up to 400 times has been jailed.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
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“A TV licensing inspector who raped a pregnant woman on Teesside has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
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“A British ‘shaman’ caught administering a potion containing a class-A hallucinogenic drug to 17 followers at a candlelit “healing” ceremony has been jailed for 15 months.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Barrister Cherie Blair has been criticised by the court of appeal for not jailing a cocaine smuggler when sitting as a judge at a crown court. Appeal judge Lord Justice Pitchford suggested that Blair’s decision to give Lee Williams a 12-month suspended sentence, following a trial at Isleworth crown court earlier this year, was ‘remarkable’.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
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“A woman who lured two teenage girls on a night out so they could be raped by three men has been sent to a young offenders institute for seven years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
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“A 16-year-old boy who battered his former girlfriend to death has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
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“Courts should pay more attention to a young person’s ‘maturity’ and less to their age when making sentencing decisions, a report by two criminal justice groups has recommended.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“An 11-year-old has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing a bin during the recent riots.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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