Jail for disabled man’s ‘sadistic’ murderers – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 3rd, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A gang of thugs who murdered a disabled man in a ‘sadistic’ attack were jailed for life yesterday, after the judge heard that killings by youngsters had doubled in a decade.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008

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Text driver jailed for bike death – BBC News

Posted February 29th, 2008 in dangerous driving, news, sentencing by sally

“A motorist who was texting on her mobile when she hit and killed a cyclist has been sentenced to four years in prison.”

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BBC News, 29th February 2008

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Sisters jailed after spending bank’s error – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 29th, 2008 in banking, news, sentencing, theft by sally

“Two sisters have been given custodial sentences for helping to spend nearly £135,000 which was put into one of their bank accounts by mistake.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th February 2008

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Curry poisoner wife gets 30 years – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2008 in murder, news, poisoning, sentencing by sally

“A woman who attempted to kill her husband by putting antifreeze in his curry was today jailed for 30 years.”

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The Guardian, 28th February 2008

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Pc’s attacker is spared jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 27th, 2008 in assault, magistrates, news, sentencing by sally

“A senior police officer has criticised magistrates after they chose not to jail a man who beat up a police constable because the country’s prisons are too full.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2008

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Britain’s life prisoners – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2008 in news, sentencing, special report by sally

“With his sentencing today, Levi Bellfield joins a small group of prisoners whose crimes were so heinous that they must spend the rest of their lives in jail.”

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The Guardian, 26th February 2008

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‘Whole life’ term for bus stop stalker – The Independent

Posted February 26th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Bus stop stalker Levi Bellfield will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge said today.”

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The Independent, 26th February 2008

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NatWest Three jailed for three years – Financial Times

Posted February 25th, 2008 in extradition, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

Three former NatWest bankers were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Friday, after a federal judge approved a deal that they had negotiated with US prosecutors to reduce their expected prison terms drastically and accelerate their return to the UK.

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Financial Times, 22nd February 2008

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Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright jailed for life – The Guardian

Posted February 22nd, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail for killing five women in Suffolk in what prosecutors described as a six-week ‘campaign of murder’. Judge Mr Justice Gross, at Ipswich crown court, ruled that Wright, a 49-year-old former forklift truck driver, should serve a whole life term and never be released.”

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The Guardian, 22nd February 2008

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Chef Mark Dixie will serve at least 34 years for Sally Anne Bowman murder – The Times

Posted February 22nd, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A pub chef obsessed with violent sex has been jailed for life for the brutal murder of an aspiring model who was found in a pool of blood outside her South London home in September 2005.”

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The Times, 22nd February 2008

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Send fewer to jail, Straw urges courts – The Guardian

Posted February 22nd, 2008 in news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, last night made an urgent appeal to magistrates to send fewer people to jail as the prison population in England and Wales soared past 82,000 to an all-time high.”

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The Guardian, 22nd February 2008

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No jail for 130mph video driver – BBC News

Posted February 21st, 2008 in dangerous driving, news, sentencing by sally

“A man from Suffolk who filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 130mph has been given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.”

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BBC News, 21st February 2008

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Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted February 21st, 2008 in assault, child abuse, press releases, sentencing by sally

“On 20 February 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines on ‘Assault and Other Offences Against the Person’ and ‘Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child.’

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Sentencing Guidelines Council, 20th February 2008

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Jealous lover jailed for 18 years – BBC News

Posted February 20th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A married father of two who killed his teenage lover has been jailed for life with a judge ordering him to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.”

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BBC News, 20th February 2008

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Train attack youth’s sentence cut – BBC News

Posted February 20th, 2008 in criminal damage, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

” A youth who dropped masonry from a bridge shattering a train’s windscreen and hitting the driver of a separate train has had his prison sentence cut.”

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BBC News, 20th February 2008

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Labour’s smacking laws could be ‘unworkable’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 20th, 2008 in corporal punishment, news, sentencing by sally

“Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008

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Couple jailed for packing 41 pets into caravan – The Guardian

Posted February 19th, 2008 in animal cruelty, news, sentencing by sally

“A couple have been jailed for four months and banned from keeping pets for life after cramming 34 cats and seven dogs into a 7ft by 12ft caravan.”

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The Guardian, 19th February 2008

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Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) v Luqman – Times Law Reports

Posted February 19th, 2008 in contempt of court, law reports, sentencing by sally

Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) v Luqman

Chancery Division

“Permission of the sentencing judge was not required before granting an application for the grant of temporary release on licence by a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment for civil contempt.”

The Times, 19th February 2008

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Man behind plot to behead soldier is jailed – The Times

Posted February 19th, 2008 in news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

“A fanatic backed by al-Qaeda was jailed for life yesterday for planning the kidnap, torture and beheading of a British soldier as a way of terrorising Muslims who join the Armed Forces.”

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The Times, 19th February 2008

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Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland – Times Law Reports

Posted February 14th, 2008 in extradition, law reports, sentencing by sally

Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland

House of Lords

“In considering whether an extradition order should be made in pursuance of a European arrest warrant in a conviction case, it was sufficient if the aggregated sentence was for at least four months; the extradition judge was not concerned with the lengths of the individual sentences aggregated.”

The Times, 14th February 2008

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