“Three people who made more than £1m by fraudulently obtaining benefits, credit and store cards in a long-running identity scam have been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has said it is committed to tackling sham marriages after a couple were jailed for staging a ceremony in Lancashire.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver who hit a cyclist leaving him dying in a Buckinghamshire road has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source; www.bbc.co.uk
“A rogue trader has been jailed for more than five years in what is thought to be the longest term handed out for a trading standards prosecution.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for eight months after admitting stealing lead from the roof of Stoke Minster.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed after admitting causing the death of a 12-year-old Sunderland boy who had overcome cancer.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Hounslow man was today jailed following a UK Border Agency investigation which revealed he set up bogus companies to allow immigrants to extend their visas.”
Home Office, 14th September 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A Boston Town footballer was today imprisoned for 11 months after admitting using a false identity.”
UK Border Agency, 14th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A ruthless conman who tricked women out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for six years and 10 months.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Iranian gang who tried to sell young female virgins to wealthy Arabs charging up to £150,000 a girl, was jailed for sex trafficking and prostitution today.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother who brought men into the country to work as ‘slaves’ in her award-winning Indian restaurant has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A BBC presenter who admitted wasting police time after claiming on air that he smothered his dying lover has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“George Michael was today sentenced to eight weeks in prison for a drug-driving offence.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A school IT technician from North Yorkshire has been jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to several child pornography charges.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A secondary school teacher was jailed for four years today after being found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.”
The Independent, 13th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former black cab driver has been jailed for six years for killing his 100-year-old mother.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Kent couple have been jailed for two years for abusing two young boys.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Webb) v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] WLR (D) 241
“S 116 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 conferred a unique statutory power to sentence a defendant for a new offence committed while on release on licence for an earlier offence. It was a fresh sentence not served in respect of the original offence so that even if that initial offence was a violent or sexual offence specified in Sch 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 but the new offence was not, the s 116 sentence for a long-term prisoner came within s 33(1A) rather than s 33(1B) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The defendant was therefore entitled to be released on licence after serving half of his sentence rather than two-thirds, the applicable period under s 33(1B).”
WLR Daily, 9th September 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Three men have been jailed for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman who only learned of the attack when she saw footage of it on a mobile phone.”
BBC News, 10th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Female criminals are more likely to have mental health or educational difficulties and to have parenting responsibilities, while a lower proportion will have committed violent crimes than men, according to new guidelines. Judges ought to ‘bear these matters in mind’ when passing sentence, according to the Equal Treatment Bench Book, published by the Judicial Studies Board (JSB).”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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