“A 35-year-old man who claimed he was going to commit a ‘live murder on Facebook’ during an eight-hour police siege has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2012
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“A man has been jailed for eight months after threatening to shoot police and council officials at an anti-terror raid on a Muslim meeting in Cardiff.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2012
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“The limits of free speech and freedom of religion are presently on trial once again with the reported prosecution of a Christian street preacher, Michael Overd, in the Magistrates’ Court. The case arises out of threatening remarks Mr Overd allegedly made in public to a homosexual couple.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A Christian preacher accused of verbally abusing two gay men during a sermon has been cleared in court.”
BBC News, 10th February 2012
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“A dangerous loner who preyed on young girls and threatened to burn down one teenage victim’s family home was jailed indefinitely today.”
The Independent, 8th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Abusive troublemakers who call British soldiers murderers or burn poppies on Remembrance Day could escape prosecution under moves to scrap ‘insulting behaviour’ as a criminal offence.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cambridge United player Jordan Patrick has been fined £750 for racially abusing a taxi driver and threatening a policeman in a drunken outburst.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
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“A man who threatened to ‘put a bullet in the head’ of the gay rights campaigner Ben Summerskill and a gay couple illegally barred from a hotel has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The founder of the English Defence League has been convicted of leading a street brawl with 100 football fans.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Paul and Amanda Wilkes and their two children were finally thrown out of their home after 57 allegations of anti-social behaviour in just five months. But they have secured legal aid to take Blackpool council to the European Court of Human Rights – despite admitting ‘we’re no angels.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2011
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“The pilot of a plane that crashed on election day, injuring Ukip leader Nigel Farage, was given a two-year community order today after a court heard his threats to kill the politician were ‘a cry for help’. ”
The Guardian, 10th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gang members who terrorised a quiet market town, behaving like ‘feral animals’, have been jailed in spite of claims that they had changed character since their final rampage.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2011
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“A pilot has been convicted of threatening to kill UKIP leader Nigel Farage following a plane crash.”
BBC News, 14th April 2011
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“A man has been found guilty of burning poppies at a protest in west London on Armistice Day.”
BBC News, 7th March 2011
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“A Crawley Town football fan has been given a suspended jail term after he pleaded guilty to mocking victims of the Munich air crash in a music video.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2011
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“Five Muslim men who disrupted a march by soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan have lost an appeal against convictions for public order offences.”
BBC News, 16th February 2011
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“A man who flicked his blood over hospital staff in an A&E unit has been sentenced to 200 hours community service.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2010
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“A man who threatened to kill singer Cheryl Cole and blow up a football stadium has been jailed for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2010
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“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.”
BBC News, 17th May 2010
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