‘A protester against the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project has been handed a suspended prison sentence for contempt of court after breaching an earlier order in the first such case concerning HS2.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A voyeurist hacked into webcams to record people in their homes and used hidden devices to watch families at Butlin’s, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who practised knife fights with her jihadist brother as he plotted a terrorist attack in London has been given a suspended prison sentence after a judge said she acted out of “misguided loyalty”.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “greedy” and “arrogant” free climber has been given a suspended sentence for defying a court order not to scale tall buildings.’
BBC News, 13th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Labour MP and ex-Army officer who admitted making an indecent image of a child has been sentenced.’
BBC News, 7th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article reviews two Court of Appeal cases which have considered the effect that COVID-19 can have in sentencing in cases where the custody threshold has been passed. In summary, the cases make clear that the adverse effects the pandemic has had on prison life is a relevant factor a sentencing court can take into consideration in deciding: 1) whether to impose a suspend a sentence; and 2) the length of any immediate custodial sentence.’
Park Square Barristers, 3rd July 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A nurse who had a hypoglycaemic attack, causing a crash which left a pedestrian paralysed, has been spared jail.’
BBC News, 20th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘While the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor have announced that jury trials will commence this month, we are far from the pandemic’s conclusion. This fear is felt all the more by defendants facing sentencing hearings. Regardless of whether an offence was committed prior to the crisis, or in the currency, it does not change the new threat that an immediate custodial sentence brings – one of health.’
St Philips Barristers, 13th May 2020
Source: st-philips.com
‘A car owner who fatally injured a vandal caught damaging his wing-mirror has been given a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A doctor who received a suspended sentence for contempt of court over a false medical report has been erased from the medical register by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 14th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A former detective constable who admitted inappropriate contact with women he met in the course of his duties has been given a suspended sentence after a judge heard that no one else could care for his one-year-old child during the coronavirus lockdown.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A fraudster faked a dead man’s membership card to use as a “passport to a prestigious world” and get the best seats at Lord’s cricket ground.’
BBC News, 11th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Walsall Council has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely claimed significant compensation following an injury when falling in a pothole.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A paedophile who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been spared jail after backlogs meant his case took over two years to come before the courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police officer suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a mother threw her own child at them in a rage, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An alleged tout who said he would rather go to prison than “grass up” his boss, who prosecutors claim is a reality TV star, has been handed a six-month suspended prison sentence over the sale of Wimbledon tickets.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who committed arson after his ex-girlfriend broke up with him has been spared jail after his lawyer argued the attack was an “acute stress reaction” to the end of the relationship.’
The Independent, 28th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men convicted of animal cruelty offences after being filmed dragging a fox out of a tunnel and releasing it “into the path of a hunt” have been given suspended sentences.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Expert witnesses who “fall short of the mark” face a “much more and properly robust” response from the courts, a recently retired Court of Appeal judge has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A woman from Greater Manchester who made a fraudulent Right to Buy application has been given a suspended jail sentence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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