“The lord chief justice has voiced opposition to the government’s plan to allow the filming of sentencing in the Crown court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Judgment summaries are a good start, but it would be useful to watch recordings of full hearings. Do you agree?”
The Guardian, 21st January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who filmed himself raping a woman at knifepoint on his tablet computer was today jailed for six years.”
The Independent, 14th January 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man convicted of raping two women within three weeks in Liverpool has been sentenced to life in prison.”
BBC News, 11th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rapists and sex attackers should be given longer prison terms, the Sentencing Council recommends, as courts take into account gang attacks and new technologies exploited by offenders.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who put his cat in a tumble drier and posted the footage on YouTube has been jailed.”
The Independent, 13th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“R (on the application of the Metropolitan Police Service) v the Chairman of the Inquiry into the Death of Azelle Rodney and Interested Parties [2012] EWHA 2783 (Admin).
The public inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney, which commenced in 2010, was still under way when it was interrupted by the present dispute. It concerned the issue whether police surveillance footage taken from the air, showing Azelle Rodney’s movements in the two hours before his death, should be disclosed to the legal team representing his mother at the Inquiry.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“An 18-year-old man who stabbed a 64-year-old widower 72 times in his bungalow after meeting him on a website has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy has been given a life sentence for killing a schoolboy whose stabbing was recorded on his own mobile phone.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage boy who throttled a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street and repeatedly beat her around the head so viciously he could have killed her has been locked up indefinitely.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“No one wants delay or waste in the criminal justice system, but the plans for virtual and flexible courts don’t look fair or efficient.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The trial of John Terry for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand will get under way on Monday.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The trial has begun of Simon Harwood, the police constable accused of killing Ian Tomlinson, who died shortly after he collapsed amid a major Metropolitan police operation around the G20 summit in London in April 2009.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A London Underground passenger has been jailed for 21 weeks after she admitted hurling racist abuse at fellow passengers.”
BBC News, 29th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who urged his dog to attack and kill badgers kept footage of the brutal fights on his phone, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a 74-year-old woman six times in a ‘frenzied’ attack has been jailed after he was caught for spitting on the pavement.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Television cameras are to be allowed into courts for the first time to film the sentencing of serious criminals.”
The Independent, 28th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An Italian student has won an out-of-court settlement with police after she was stopped under anti-terrorist legislation while filming buildings in London, and later arrested, held in a cell for five hours and then fined.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Norris and Gary Dobson are to appeal against their convictions for the racist murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in south-east London in 1993.”
BBC News, 30th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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