King’s Lynn woman guilty of trying to hire hitman after fling – BBC News
‘A woman who tried to hire a hitman to kill a former work colleague after a fling has been found guilty of soliciting murder.’
BBC News, 8th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: soliciting to murder
Jailed man fails in bid to blame lawyers for dropping conviction appeal – Legal Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by a man found guilty of soliciting the murder of his partner to blame his lawyers for abandoning his appeal against conviction.’
Legal Futures, 26th October 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Adventures in forfeiture – brothels and specifying the breach – Nearly Legal
‘An Upper Tribunal appeal of an FTT decision that the leaseholder, Ms M, was in breach of lease, and specifically a restriction “Not to do or permit or suffer in or upon the Demised Premises or any part thereof any illegal or immoral act or any act or thing which may be or may become a nuisance or annoyance or cause damage to the Lessors or the tenants of the Lessor or the occupiers of any part of the Building.”’
Nearly Legal, 1st July 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
TV producer found guilty of trying to hire hitman to kill his wealthy partner – The Independent
‘A retired producer of TV drama The Bill has been convicted of trying to hire three men to kill his partner of 27 years after becoming besotted with a woman 40 years his junior.’
The Independent, 18th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Husband jailed over wife poisoning – The Independent
“A window cleaner was jailed for six years today for poisoning his wife’s hot chocolate and trying to hire a hitman to kill her.”
The Independent, 28th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS statement on R v Farooqi and others – Crown Prosecution Service
“Rose-Marie Franton, Unit Head and senior lawyer in the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “This was a very serious case where these men used their Manchester market stall as a front to lure young men into ostensibly becoming converts to Islam, but with the ultimate aim of recruiting them to attend terrorist training camps and fight overseas.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th September 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Munir Farooqi given four life sentences for terror charges – BBC News
“A former Taliban fighter has been given four life sentences after being found guilty of trying to recruit undercover officers to fight in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 9th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CPS statement on Bilal Ahmad – Crown Prosecution Service
“Bilal Ahmad was today sentenced for encouraging violent extremism and attempting to stir up hatred on the internet.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Viper in our midst’ jailed for threatening MPs – Daily Telegraph
“A Muslim extremist who posted a call for attacks on MPs who supported the Iraq war on a radical website, along with where to buy a knife, has been jailed for 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man guilty of arranging estranged wife’s machete murder – The Guardian
“A man was today found guilty of ordering the murder of his estranged wife, who was hacked to death with a machete in a suburban street as she walked to collect the couple’s children.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Husband death plotter wife jailed – BBC News
“A care worker who planned to have her husband killed so she could claim insurance money has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 10th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hamza challenges US extradition – BBC News
“Jailed Muslim Cleric Abu Hamza has begun a High Court bid to block his extradition to the USA.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Winter – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A person who solicited another to commit murder as a secondary, as opposed to principal party was none the less guilty of the offence of soliciting another to murder.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
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.
R v Winter – WLR Daily
“Where a person solicited another to commit murder as a secondary, as opposed to principal, party, he was guilty of an offence of soliciting another to murder, contrary to s 4 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
