Policemen jailed for inflicting ‘deliberate cruelty’ – The Guardian
“PC and sergeant sentenced to 18 months’ jail after a judge said their treatment of suspect was ‘little short of torture.’ ”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Two Royal Marines dismissed over assault of Afghan prisoner – The Guardian
“Two Royal Marines were sentenced today for assaulting an Afghan prisoner held on suspicion of planting a bomb. Sergeant Mark Leader, based at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, was found guilty by a court martial panel of assault causing actual bodily harm on Mohammad Ekhlas on March 19 last year. Captain Jody Wheelhouse, from 45 Commando, Arbroath, Scotland, admitted the same offence at an earlier hearing. Wheelhouse was sentenced to dismissal with disgrace, while Leader was dismissed.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Leeds man spared jail after drunkenly urinating beside war memorial – The Guardian
“A man who urinated beside a war memorial only weeks after a student prompted a national furore by doing the same thing was ordered to work 160 hours of unpaid community service.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges given free rein by ‘pitifully loose’ sentencing law – The Guardian
“New legislation guiding judges on sentencing criminals is so ‘pitifully loose’ that judgments could become idiosyncratic and inconsistent, according to the head of the Sentencing Advisory Panel.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Men who used dogs to savage police jailed – Daily Telegraph
“Mehmet Koc, 19, and Matthew Joannou, 20, both from Haringey, north London, let the pitbull-type animals viciously maul two victims who were left with permanent scarring.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
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Contract killers get life after trial which changed witness anonymity law – Daily Telegraph
“Two contract killers are beginning life sentences for murder following a trial which caused Parliament to bring in a new law on witness anonymity.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
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Prison monitor who had ‘phone sex’ with inmates spared jail – Daily Telegraph
“A prison monitor has been given a suspended jail sentence for sending explicit photographs of herself and engaging in ‘phone sex’ with inmates.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
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Pair jailed for Manchester teenager’s shooting murder – BBC News
“Two men must serve more than 20 years in prison for murdering a boy who was shot in the head in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
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Life term for father who raped baby daughter – BBC News
“A father who filmed himself raping his baby daughter has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 31st March 2010
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£1 coins counterfeiter jailed – The Independent
“A 49-year-old man was jailed for three-and-a-half years today after he admitted running a counterfeit coin factory producing thousands of pounds of fake £1 coins, police said.”
The Independent, 31st March 2010
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69-year-old jailed for four years over rape – The Independent
“The former president of a village bowls club was jailed for more than four years today for raping a grandmother.”
The Independent, 31st March 2010
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Denbigh bigamist jailed for having two wives – BBC News
“A twice-married man serving a prison sentence has been jailed for nine months after admitting bigamy.”
BBC News, 30th March 2010
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Arsonist’s £445,000 payback to Worcestershire victims – BBC News
“A criminal who terrorised the elderly residents of a mobile home park must pay his victims £445,000.”
BBC News, 30th March 2010
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Jail for pensioner who filmed girls in shower – The Independent
“A pensioner who secretly filmed young girls as they showered in his bathroom was jailed for three years today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
28 years for jealous father who strangled children – The Independent
“A jealous father who strangled his two young children with computer cables to get back at his wife was jailed for a minimum of 28 years today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
Shotgun murderer who killed before gets whole-life term – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for the rest of his life for a shotgun murder – 39 years after committing another killing.”
BBC News, 29th March 2010
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Three convicted of sadistic killing of Wigan man – BBC News
“Three people have been found guilty of killing a man in a sexually-motivated and sadistic attack in Wigan.”
BBC News, 29th March 2010
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Father jailed for murder of teenage daughter – The Independent
“A father who brutally stabbed his daughter to death had convictions for knife attacks and violence going back to his teens, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 29th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Courts rapped for giving ‘too short’ jail terms to paedophiles who offend online – The Guardian
“Paedophiles convicted of downloading images of child abuse from the internet are not receiving rehabilitation treatment because the sentences they are given are too short, public protection experts warn today. A dossier collected by the probation union, Napo, reveals that typical sentences given to online paedophiles often fall far short of recommendations made by court-appointed experts who prepare pre-sentencing reports for judges.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Public to have bigger say in criminal sentencing – Daily Telegraph
“Members of the public are to be given a much bigger say in the process which sees criminals having their sentences increased if they are ruled to be too lenient.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
