“Parliament is burdening the courts with too many laws and rules on sentencing, including detailed guidelines for dealing with necrophilia, England’s most senior judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two brothers have been jailed for life for murdering their uncle who was run down by a Range Rover in Kent.”
BBC News, 15th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 81-year-old man from Bedfordshire who admitted attempting to rape a 92-year-old woman in her home in 2000 has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years.”
BBC News, 14th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who murdered a chef following a classical music concert in Essex has been jailed for at least 23 years.”
BBC News, 13th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Following the sentencing at Reading Crown Court, Andrew Penhale, Unit Head of the Crown Prosecution Service Organised Crime Division in the North said: ‘The significance of this prosecution is that it involves a defendant running an apparently legitimate, internet-based chemical business, which actually facilitated the wholesale trafficking of Class A drugs and the sale of other illegitimate chemicals.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th December 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Three people have been sentenced to a total of eighteen and a half years for setting up bogus colleges to help illegal immigrants remain in the UK.”
Home Office, 13th December 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A prison officer has been jailed for two years after admitting having a sexual relationship with an inmate.”
BBC News, 10thDecember 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for a minimum of seven-and-a-half years for killing two promising young jockeys in an arson attack in North Yorkshire.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A radical reform of the criminal justice system to punish criminals more effectively and reduce reoffending was announced today by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man given a suspended sentence for repeatedly kicking his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head has been jailed for four years after an appeal.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gang of rogue builders who conned hundreds across the East Midlands with substandard work have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 8th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the publication of the Government’s ‘sensible and rational’ Green Paper entitled Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders, but has warned that the Government must look at the system in the round, and protect against unintended consequences.”
The Bar Council, 8th December 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Thousands of offenders will avoid jail under an overhaul of sentencing powers that will focus on cutting reoffending.”
The Independent, 7th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Sentencing and rehabilitation: government proposals for reform
“A woman who concealed the births of four stillborn babies and kept three of them in her wardrobe for two decades escaped jail today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Ken Clarke, will today detail his plans to divert thousands of offenders from prison to bring to an end the Victorian-style ‘bang ’em up’ culture and reduce high reoffending rates.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A key Conservative election pledge that anyone caught carrying a knife could expect a jail term has been dropped by the Justice Secretary.”
The Independent, 7th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Criminals who plead guilty early will have their sentences slashed by up to half under plans to be unveiled by Kenneth Clarke next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of repeat offenders are being spared jail by the courts, despite having as many as 100 previous convictions, it emerged last night.”
The Independent, 5th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who filmed himself attacking a 15-month-old repeatedly over six months has been jailed for 24 years for the boy’s murder.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mandatory life sentence for murder is unknown in other countries and distorts the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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