‘A father has been given a suspended jail sentence for slapping a five-year-old child who he believed had hit his own son in a pub’s soft play area.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2016
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‘George Bush from Erith is given a suspended prison sentence after admitting selling monkey heads on eBay and also possessing animal porn.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2016
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‘A serial underwear thief stole knickers from homes and washing lines 120 times, a court heard.’
BBC News, 6th January 2016
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‘A woman who wore a body suit and used a fake penis when having sex with a woman she met online has avoided jail.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2015
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‘A doctor and an agency nurse who “seriously neglected” a six-year-old boy who died in hospital have been sentenced for his manslaughter.’
BBC News, 14th December 2015
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‘Judge gives suspended sentence to Caroline Starmer, who lied about security guard taking baby from her while she fed.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2015
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‘Incident echoes infamous moment the late Prince of Pop dangled his second son “Blanket” from a balcony of the Hotel Adlon in Berlin in 2002.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2015
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‘An elderly man with dementia spent his final days in a residential home separated from his wife of 63 years after their care worker defrauded them of their savings.
Yeoman, 27, was found guilty at Bristol crown court of one count of theft and 12 of fraud but she walked free with a suspended sentence.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2015
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‘A teaching assistant who had sex with a 15-year-old student has had her suspended sentence replaced with an immediate two-year jail term by the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
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‘Simone Joseph, 37, was sentenced today at Hendon Magistrates’ court to 16 weeks suspended for 18 months for racially aggravated intentional harassment. This relates to an incident on a 206 bus on 13th October 2015.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th November 2015
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‘A postman who has stolen over 11,000 items of post since 1993 says he is “so sorry” for what he did.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2015
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‘A farmer has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for failing to tear down a mock Tudor castle that he built.
The Guardian, 9th November 2015
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‘A man who distributed graphic images of child sex abuse and offered to “share” his own unborn baby with other paedophiles has walked free from court.’
The Independent, 29th October 2015
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‘A man from Merseyside has escaped a prison sentence after he tried to blackmail a celebrity by threatening to release sexually explicit photos of him with a famous woman.’
BBC News, 13th October 2015
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‘A Leeds-based hacker used a notorious piece of malware called BlackShades to spy on people via their webcams.’
BBC News, 8th October 2015
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‘A judge has been criticised after deciding not to imprison a 21-year-old babysitter who admitted sexual activity with the 11-year-old boy she was looking after.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2015
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‘A 40 year old man has today been sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to one charge relating to revenge pornography. Simon Humphrey was sentenced at St Albans Magistrates’ Court after he admitted at an earlier hearing that he had published a naked picture of the victim without her consent. A restraining order was also put in place for 18 months which means he may not contact the victim.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th September 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill. A rare strain of E. coli – only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe – was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014. In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
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‘An ex-official who leaked stories about an immigration centre has been spared jail to care for his two children.’
BBC News, 21st September 2015
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