Bomb-maker jailed for three years – BBC News
“A former member of a far-right group has been jailed for three years for making explosives in his home, including a pipe bomb.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Female NHS manager jailed for sexual assault on woman colleague – Daily Telegraph
“A senior NHS manager has been jailed for subjecting a female colleague to a violent and humiliating sexual assault while the two women shared a hotel room.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge criticises ‘waste of money’ case after pensioner threatens boys with hammer – Daily Telegraph
“A Crown Court case against a pensioner who threatened four boys for climbing trees was a waste of taxpayers’ money, a judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Psychopathic’ father jailed for baby murder – BBC News
“A father who ‘used his baby as a tool to avoid deportation’ has been jailed for life for her murder, and must serve a minimum of 16 years.”
BBC News, 19th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four years for mother who smothered son to death – The Independent
“A woman who smothered her three-year-old son to death with a pillow was sentenced to four years jail for his manslaughter today after successfully appealing against her conviction for his murder.”
The Independent, 19th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Attorney general upholds Edlington torture case sentences – The Guardian
“Lady Scotland rules sentences for brothers who submitted two boys to ordeal of violence and sexual abuse were appropriate.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former vicar from Wirral jailed over indecent images – BBC News
“A 60-year-old former senior vicar has been jailed for a year after being found in possession of images of child sex abuse for a second time.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman subjected female priest to campaign of harassment – Daily Telegraph
“A lonely churchgoer submitted her female priest to a terrifying harassment campaign after fixating on her as a mother figure, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Playboy’ model walks free over nightclub attack – The Independent
“A former Playboy Model of the Year walked free from court yesterday after being given a suspended sentence for attacking a woman in a nightclub toilet cubicle in a jealous row over her husband.”
The Independent, 16th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Men jailed over Blackpool flat stab murder – BBC News
“Two men have been jailed after being found guilty of murdering a man in his Lancashire home.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ruthless ‘inseparable trio’ jailed for life – The Independent
“An ‘inseparable trio of hardcore criminal gang members’ who stole more than £1 million from a Securitas van and conspired to murder a 40-year-old man were jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 12th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Student jailed for G20 window smashing – The Independent
“A student who threw a computer monitor through a bank window as part of last year’s G20 protests was jailed for two-and-a-half years today.”
The Independent, 12th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Blaenavon woman jailed after dog injunction – BBC News
“A woman who breached an injunction banning her from keeping dogs at her home has been handed a prison sentence.”
BBC News, 11th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Last of heroin ring are sentenced – BBC News
“The last seven members of a drugs gang who conspired to transport heroin with a street value of £700,000 into south Wales have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 11th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hospice volunteer from Birmingham possessed child porn – BBC News
“A hospice volunteer in Birmingham has been given a community sentence after he was found with 40,530 pornographic images, many of which were of children.”
BBC News, 11th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex attacker jailed and banned from Tube – The Independent
“A sex attacker who targeted women on the London Underground in ‘vigorous and frenzied’ assaults was jailed for three years today and banned from the Tube.”
The Independent, 11th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenage killer’s custody doubled over Gloucester attack – BBC News
“A teenager who killed a man with one punch has had his sentence more than doubled to three-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for killing lover with poison curry – The Independent
“A jealous woman who killed her former lover by lacing his curry with an ancient poison has been convicted of murder.”
The Independent, 11th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Paedophile church worker who ‘boasted about his abuse online’ jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A paedophile, Owen Baxter, who volunteered as a church youth worker so he could sexually abuse young boys before boasting about it on the internet, has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Definitive Sentencing Guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“On 9 February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death’.”
Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th February 2010
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
