Boy’s confinement ‘breached human rights’ – BBC News
‘The human rights of a 16-year-old boy were breached by his being kept in solitary confinement for four-and-a-half months, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 4th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: young offenders
Radicalised teen who plotted to bomb Elton John show jailed for life – The Guardian
‘A teenager who plotted to bomb an Elton John concert on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Feltham young offenders institution ‘not safe for staff or boys’ – BBC News
‘A young offenders institution was found to be “not safe for either staff or boys” after an unannounced inspection.’
BBC News, 30th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for at least 29 years for south London axe murder – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for at least 29 years for hacking a rival gang member to death with an axe during a fight in a supermarket car park.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Medway youth jail rated inadequate by Ofsted inspectors – The Guardian
‘A scandal-hit youth jail has been rated inadequate with a quarter of its children saying they had felt unsafe despite its management being taken back into the public sector, inspectors have found.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Murder of vulnerable alcoholic Angela Wrightson by teenage girls could not have been prevented, review rules – The Independent
‘Care home staff could not lock doors to prevent a 14-year-old from running away before she and a 13-year-old friend murdered a vulnerable alcoholic in her own home, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 13th june 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for minimum of 19 years for ‘brutal’ killing of pensioner – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years for what was described as the “brutal” and “cruel” killing of a pensioner, who was stripped and beaten in the street on New Year’s Day.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Definitive guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea come into effect – Sentencing Council
‘The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into effect today (1 June 2017).’
Sentencing Council, 1st June 2017
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
Definitive guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea come into effect – Sentencing Council
‘The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into effect today (1 June 2017).’
Sentencing Council, 1st June 2017
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
S v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily
S v Director of Public Prosecutions [2017] EWHC 1162 (Admin)
‘The defendant was charged with an offence of tampering with a motor vehicle contrary to section 25 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and tried before justices in the Youth Court. The justices dismissed a submission by the defendant that there was no case to answer and, having heard evidence from the defendant and considered the burden and standard of proof, the justices convicted him. A contemporaneuos note of the justices’ reasons read, inter alia: “We listened to the [defendant’s] evidence which did not persuade us that there was no intention to tamper with the [motor vehicle]. We are therefore sure you are guilty.”’
WLR Daily, 18th May 2017
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ex-altar boy locked up for 15 years for planting home-made bomb on Tube train – Daily Telegraph
‘A former altar boy has been jailed for 15 years for planting a home-made bomb on a busy Tube train.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police dog Finn stabbing: Boy, 16, found guilty – BBC News
‘A teenage boy has been found guilty of stabbing a police dog and wounding his handler during a chase’
BBC News, 11th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed after raping 13-year-old and punching baby – The Independent
‘A man has been found guilty of having sex with a 13-year-old girl and assaulting a baby by a court in Newcastle.’
The Independent, 12th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenagers who murdered mother and daughter challenge sentences – The Guardian
‘A teenage couple detained for life for the killings of a mother and her daughter have challenged their “manifestly excessive” minimum terms.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenage cyber hacker Adam Mudd jailed for global attacks – BBC News
‘A computer hacker has been jailed for two years for masterminding global online attacks as a teenager from his bedroom in Hertfordshire.’
BBC News, 25th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child locked in cell for more than 23 hours a day at Feltham, high court told – The Guardian
‘A child has been held in “prolonged periods of solitary confinement” at Feltham young offender institution, locked in his cell for 23 and a half hours a day and denied the education to which he is legally entitled, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 25th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge disciplined for offering to pay teenage girl’s penalty – BBC News
‘A judge has been disciplined for offering to pay a penalty for a girl who had stabbed her abuser.’
BBC News, 8th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Judges will be required to give greater consideration to the welfare of black and minority ethnic (BAME) children being sentenced as part of new guidance that echoes the lord chancellor’s desire to cut reoffending rates.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th March 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High levels of violence and use of force at last G4S-run child jail, report finds – The Guardian
‘Report says inspectors witnessed staff struggling to maintain order at Oakhill secure training centre near Milton Keynes.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High court to hear legal challenge over boy kept in cell 23 hours a day – The Guardian
‘A legal challenge over a boy locked up for 23 hours a day in a London prison has been given the go-ahead.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
