“A ‘high risk’ paedophile who groomed and abused an 11-year-old girl on her school lunch break has walked free after a judge said the girl had ‘welcomed sex.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Leicestershire father has been jailed for four-and-a-half-years after he admitted shaking his 10-week-old baby daughter to death.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge branded two men the ‘perfect example of brainless, mindless thugs’ as he jailed them for life for the murder of a grandfather they had mugged for his mobile phone.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three people who imprisoned and tortured a man in the Forest of Dean are to be released after serving half of their sentences.”
BBC News, 29th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two teenagers were given life sentences today for murdering 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster because she was a goth.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Sentences of life imprisonment under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 should be reserved for cases where the culpability of the offender was particularly high or the offence particularly grave.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A children’s hospital doctor has escaped a jail sentence after admitting downloading child pornography.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Lincolnshire policeman, once hailed for saving an 11-year-old boy’s life, has been jailed for two years for abusing his partner.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A burglar who broke into a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her has been jailed for at least six years.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who tried to extort money from three US car designers and accused them of illegally developing his creations has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A married mother who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy at a cinema in London’s Leicester Square has been given a three-year supervision order.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who forced a boy into a flooded clay pit and watched him drown have been jailed for five-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who abducted, sexually attacked and strangled a young, female, Royal Navy photographer has won a two-year reduction in his minimum tariff.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who lured a faith healer back to Luton, where he was later murdered, has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Nottingham teenager convicted of murdering a man at a bus stop has had his 14 year minimum jail sentence cut.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government today failed to extend a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence for a dentist from east London who plotted terrorist activities overseas.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 35-year-old man has been jailed for eight months and banned for driving for five years for his 51st offence of driving while disqualified.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Abu Izzadeen, an al-Qa’eda disciple who once heckled John Reid, has been jailed for four and a half years for terrorism offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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