“A child sex abuser who was spared jail due to the impact on his family was not given an ‘unduly lenient’ sentence, the solicitor general has decided.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A grandmother has been given a suspended sentence for killing her terminally ill former partner.
The Independent, 17th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A couple who filled their home with junk have been given suspended prison sentences for child cruelty.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A sex offender spared jail after a judge considered the ‘impact’ on his family is having his sentence reviewed by the attorney general.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A clerk who stole money from a firm to fund a lavish wedding and breast surgery for his wife has been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Before Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were released from custody, a court ruled that their identities should remain secret. The court granted an injunction which prevents the media or individuals from publishing images which claim to be of Venables and Thompson (whether or not it is them). The injunction is worldwide and applies equally to the internet, social media and mainstream media.”
Attorney General’s Office, 30th April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“Two men who published photographs on Twitter and Facebook said to show the
killers of James Bulger have been jailed for being in contempt of court.”
BBC News, 26th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student who blackmailed a woman by hacking into her email, stealing naked pictures of her and posting them on Facebook has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 4th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A bigamist who has been married to four different women has avoided jail after
insisting that his extended family were financially dependent upon him.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man was jailed yesterday for his part in a sham marriage plot after he went on
a month-long ‘lads only’ holiday immediately after his supposed wedding.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Church of England vicar has walked free from court after admitting using secret cameras to spy on and film intimate pictures of three girls and a woman.”
The Independent, 4th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A retired solicitor who published claims that Madeleine McCann’s parents caused her death has been given a suspended jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An office worker who left a severed pig’s head outside a Muslim place of worship on Boxing Day has been spared jail.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A nurse who caused the death of a baby in a botched home circumcision has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 8th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a five-year-old boy found wandering a Flintshire street at night
has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 24th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An MP’s son who joined an online ‘club’ of perverts who shared sickening images of child abuse has been handed a suspended jail term.”
The Independent, 24th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group have been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who admitted hacking Sony Music stealing thousands of hours of music tracks including unreleased material by Michael Jackson, have been spared jail.”
BBC News, 11th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A company executive who led a Walter Mitty existence by stealing £160,000 to fund a luxury lifestyle and impress her millionaire father escaped jail after a judge heard she blamed herself for her father’s death.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man jailed for beating up a friend he saw embracing his wife has been freed on appeal – after she belatedly confessed to the affair.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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