‘Courts are set to be given powers to hand out tougher punishments for serious animal cruelty crimes, under proposed new sentencing guidelines.’
BBC News, 10th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five notorious killers including Sarah Everard’s murderer and a father who smothered his own baby daughter are having their sentences reviewed by senior judges.’
The Independent, 5th May 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for killing a “caring, loving and strong” grandfather because he reminded him to check on his children.’
The Independent, 4th May 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of threatening a Labour MP after he held a makeshift gallows with a noose outside parliament and said: “This is what we do to traitors.”’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A heroin addict convicted of fatally neglecting her seven-year-old son, who died alone in a garden from an asthma attack, has been jailed for 20 years.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three men who tried to extort up to £40,000 from victims in a “callous” blackmail plot have been jailed.’
BBC News, 28th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officer has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for arranging to a meet a 13-year-old girl for sex when he was “on duty working from home”.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a mother-of-four whose body was found in undergrowth by a roadside.’
BBC News, 26th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who sent threatening letters to three Labour MPs before fleeing to Morocco has been jailed for 21 months.’
BBC News, 26th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two fraudsters have been jailed for their part in a series of scams in which 245 people lost millions of pounds in pension savings.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who killed two of her children when she crashed into a lorry while drink-driving has been jailed for more than four years.’
BBC News, 25th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A football coach who sexually abused boys after grooming them through online gaming and relentless messages has been jailed for 15 years and 10 months.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks, suspended for two years, after admitting sending a “grossly offensive” viral video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father and son who repeatedly ran over a man in front of witnesses in a car park have received life sentences for his murder.’
BBC News, 18th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘From today, those found in unlawful possession of these drugs face sentences of up to five years behind bars.’
Home Office, 13th April 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was handed a whole-life tariff by Mr Justice Sweeney after being convicted on Monday of murdering the MP and of planning terrorist attacks on other MPs, including the cabinet minister Michael Gove, for two years before he killed Amess.’
The Guardian, 13th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sam Davies murder: Four jailed for life over stab death.’
BBC News, 12th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A landowner in Kent has been given a custodial term of eight months imprisonment, with two months immediate custody and six suspended for 18 months, for breaching an injunction against works on an ancient woodland site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 13 years after he filmed himself raping a woman he met at a nightclub.’
The Independent, 7th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 20-year-old woman who created a “meticulous” to-do list and a “murder toolkit” has been jailed for plotting to kidnap, torture and kill a former lover.’
The Independent, 7th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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