Ex-para jailed for selling stolen Army medals on eBay – BBC News
“A former paratrooper has been jailed after stealing campaign medals from his comrades then selling them on eBay.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: theft
Woman jailed for stealing £1.7 million from employer – The Independent
“A cashier at a firm of solicitors who stole £1.7 million over seven years to finance a luxurious lifestyle for herself and her husband was today jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 15th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Shoplifter wins case over ‘disproportionate detention’ – The Independent
“A shoplifter with ‘a bad criminal record for offences of theft’ has won the right to damages against the Home Secretary under human rights laws.”
The Independent, 1st October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Three men jailed for Stoke Minster lead theft – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for eight months after admitting stealing lead from the roof of Stoke Minster.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Asil Nadir flies back to UK to clear his name – The Guardian
“Asil Nadir, 69, is returning to face the multimillion pound fraud charges that followed the spectacular collapse of his Polly Peck food and electronics empire in 1993. He is expected to arrive at Luton airport from his native northern Cyprus around lunchtime, and is due to appear at the Old Bailey next Thursday.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-boss jailed for stealing £250,000 from charity – The Independent
“A former senior official at a charity founded by the Prince of Wales was jailed for three years today after he admitted stealing £250,000.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Corrupt policeman jailed for seven years – the Guardian
“A corrupt policeman who sold stolen police uniforms and offered tips on how to foil detectives was jailed for seven years today for drug dealing and helping to plot a robbery at a jewellery store.”
The Guardian, 16th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Antiques dealer given eight years over stolen Shakespeare – The Independent
“An unemployed antiques dealer with a taste for the high life was jailed today [2nd August] for eight years after he was convicted of handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Tome raider’ jailed again for stealing antique books – The Guardian
“A Cambridge graduate referred to as the ‘tome raider’ who stole antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library was jailed for three-and-a-half years today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cambridge graduate sentenced for rare books theft – The Independent
“A Cambridge graduate who stole antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library will be sentenced today.”
The Independent, 20th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R (Rickets) v Basildon Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily
“If goods were left outside a charity shop it could be inferred that it was the owner’s intention to donate them as a gift to the shop, and they were not abandoned but remained the property of the person who deposited them until taken into the control or possession of the charity; and if some other person removed the goods in the meantime he might be found to have committed an offence of theft.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2010
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.
‘Crime gang’ jailed for high value car thefts – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed after admitting stealing to order top-of-the range cars with a total value estimated at £317,000.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who killed Hertfordshire neighbour for money jailed – BBC News
“A heroin addict who stabbed his 94-year-old neighbour to death has been jailed for a minimum of 29 years.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man guilty of antique horticultural books theft – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of stealing antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library in central London.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cash trick man jailed for £12,000 theft – Daily Telegraph
“A man has been jailed for using an elaborate trick to steal more than £12,000 in cash from a businessman after he withdrew the money from a bank.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Men jailed for Essex Pin number murder – BBC News
“Two men who bound, gagged, strangled and stabbed a man who refused to give them his bank card details have been jailed for life for his murder.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cardiff man jailed for stealing car with baby inside – BBC News
“A man who stole a car without realising a one-year-old girl was asleep in the back has been jailed for 34 months.”
BBC News, 7th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager convicted over false claims over new home of Bulger killer – The Guardian
“A teenager has admitted spreading false rumours about the supposed location of one of James Bulger’s killers, police confirmed today.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New parliamentary expenses evidence passed to CPS – The Independent
“Scotland Yard passed a new file of evidence against a Parliamentarian suspected of abusing expenses to prosecutors today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina v Lancaster – WLR Daily
Regina v Lancaster [2010] EWCA Crim 370; [2010] WLR (D) 63
“Where a person was charged with an offence of falsifying a document made or required for an accounting purpose, by omitting a material particular from that document, contrary to s 17 of the Theft Act 1968, the omitted particular was to be regarded as material if it had the effect that the document was liable to mislead in a way which was significant, or in a way which mattered.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2010
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.
