“An Oxford law graduate accused of throwing bricks at police during last summer’s riots walked free from court on Friday after a jury took just half an hour to find him not guilty.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 12-year-old boy has become one of the youngest people to be sentenced over last summer’s riots in London.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Violent and disruptive drinkers will be targeted by a new Sobriety Order to reduce reoffending and cut crime, Justice Minister Nick Herbert announced today [16 March].”
Ministry of Justice, 16th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An 18-year-old was today jailed for a total of seven years for attacking a Malaysian student during the London riots and other offences.”
The Independent, 9th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today issued Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors with new guidance on dealing with people who may have committed an offence during a protest or demonstration.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th March 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“People who mask their faces to conceal their identity or carry anything that could be used as a weapon during protests should be pursued more vigorously by the law in the event of disorder, according to fresh guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five men have been convicted of charges relating to a riot at Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The police watchdog has upheld a complaint by the family of Mark Duggan that they were not told he had been shot dead by officers in London.”
BBC News, 29th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager is facing jail for attacking a Malaysian student in an ‘exceptional’ act of violence during last summer’s riots in London.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fourth man has been cleared of encouraging rioting or looting via Facebook during last August’s civil disturbances.”
The Independent, 16th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 39 months for sending messages from his BlackBerry telling people to join in last August’s riots in Nottingham.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the country’s leading prosecutors has defended the stiff sentences handed out to hundreds of rioters in London last summer and derided the excuses given by some of them in court.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 21-year-old man who admitted encouraging 160 people to join in with the rioting that hit the UK during the summer has been warned that he faces a lengthy prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nottinghamshire Police Authority will not pay out for damage incurred during summer riots because of a definition in a piece of Victorian legislation.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police should be given clear rules about when they can use water cannon and plastic bullets against rioters, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“England’s children’s commissioner has expressed concerns over guidelines allowing courts to identify young offenders involved in the summer riots, warning this could affect their safety and hurt their adult lives.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 30 months for creating a Facebook group page called ‘Letz start a riot’.”
BBC News, 14th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On 30 November the Metropolitan Police published the second part of its interim report into the widespread rioting in August 2011. The report has found that numbers of police on the streets of London were insufficient to deal with the disorder, and those that were there did not arrive quickly enough. It acknowledges the possibility that pre-existing tension went unnoticed, and that intelligence gathering systems could not keep pace with scale and speed of the riots.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The police watchdog has said it was ‘disappointing’ members of a panel set up to oversee its inquiry into Mark Duggan’s shooting recently quit.”
BBC News, 24th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man from Cardiff has been jailed for four years after admitting inciting violent disorder on Facebook during riots in England.”
BBC News, 16th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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