Victim was offered tea after rape – BBC News
“An estate agent has been jailed for six years for raping a woman as she slept.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Shopkeeper spared jail after slashing thief with his knife – Daily Telegraph
“An Asian newsagent who slashed a thief in the face with a knife in self defence has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Career criminals escape jail sentences – Daily Telegraph
“Figures obtained from the Ministry of Justice show that 5,000 career burglars, thieves and other convicts a year are escaping a jail sentence – a figure that has more than doubled in five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail for priest who abused girls – BBC News
“A Catholic priest whose abuse of girls was uncovered after his victims swapped memories on the Friends Reunited website has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 29th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child porn cricket coach jailed – BBC News
“An England cricket coach who admitted downloading child pornography on a laptop owned by the national cricketing board has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Life sentence for boast murderer – BBC News
“A man who boasted he was ‘cool’ after stabbing a man who was protecting his son has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brothers jailed for sex offences – BBC News
“Two brothers from Leicester have been jailed for sexually abusing children.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail term for baby killer father – BBC News
“A ‘selfish’ father has been jailed for five years for killing his baby daughter in a fit of temper.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sadistic’ carer’s sentence cut – BBC News
“A foster mother who abused three children in her care has had her 14-year jail sentence cut by two years.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
Two drunken ‘laughing hyena’ louts jailed for beating innocent man to death – Daily Telegraph
“Two drunken louts who acted ‘like laughing hyenas’ as they beat an innocent man to death have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ear-biting rugby player is jailed – BBC News
“A rugby player who bit off a piece of an opponent’s ear during a match, after the referee had awarded a penalty, has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 25th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Vigilante attack policeman jailed – BBC News
“A policeman has been jailed for a year for beating a man he wrongly thought had glassed his son.”
BBC News, 25th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sadistic’ carer fights sentence – BBC News
“A foster mother who abused three children in her care is attempting to have her 14-year jail sentence cut.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Driving instructor who posed as pupils jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A driving instructor who posed as his pupils to take their driving tests for them has been jailed for eight months.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
City workers who supplied cocaine to bankers jailed – Daily Telegraph
“Two former City workers who supplied high-flying investment bankers and traders with thousands of pounds worth of cocaine have been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gunman who shot rival before praying in mosque jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A gunman who shot a teenage rival in a busy high street and tried to hide from police by praying in a mosque has been jailed for ten years.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Detective Richard de Cadenet jailed for fraud using Scotland Yard card – The Times
“A leading antiterrorist police officer has been jailed for ten months after admitting using his Scotland Yard credit card to take his wife and mistress on luxury holidays.”
The Times, 23rd September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Met police anti-terrorist detective jailed over credit card fraud – The Guardian
“One of Scotland Yard’s most experienced anti-terrorist officers was jailed for 10 months today after admitting credit card fraud involving tens of thousands of pounds.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Marine jailed for attacking woman who insulted him at masked ball – Daily Telegraph
“A Royal Marine commando has been jailed for 18 months for beating up a bank manager at a masked ball after she called him ‘baldy’.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail rates for under-14s among Europe’s highest – The Guardian
“More children aged between 10 and 14 are being locked up in England and Wales – increasingly for more minor offences – than in any western European country, the charity Barnardo’s warns today.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
