‘Derby woman avoids prison sentence after admitting neglect by leaving 10-month-old son strapped in pushchair without feed in urine-soaked nappy.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A fraudster who scammed more than 100 investors out of £5.5m and spent nearly half to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge brands £1.1 million fraud a ‘scandal’ after it is revealed Michael Redhead sold 400,000 packs of a cheaper oriental perch to Iceland.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who smashed the skulls of three sisters with a claw hammer as they slept in a London hotel room has had his minimum term increased from 18 years to 27.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The 16-year-old boy who murdered teacher Ann Maguire has lost a challenge to his 20-year minimum term.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A neo-Nazi has been jailed for five years for attacking an Asian man on the day of Fusilier Lee Rigby’s funeral.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who admitted a $1m (£640,000) expenses fraud and money-laundering will not spend any more time in jail.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who decapitated his wife at their home in west London has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 28th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed after saying he had a bomb and would blow up a commuter train.’
BBC News, 28th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man with a fetish for older women has been jailed for life for the murder of a pensioner in her Cornwall home. Patrick Curran was 27 when he strangled 74-year-old widow Joan Roddam at her home in Delabole, in November 2003.’
BBC News, 27th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road.’
BBC News, 27th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Modern sentencing procedure is complex, and the law that governs it is unclear and difficult to understand.’
Law Commission, 26th January 2015
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
‘A kidnap gang who cut off a man’s finger to get a £20,000 ransom have been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A pub chef and his manager have both been jailed after a Christmas dinner served at their restaurant left a mother dead and dozens of other diners ill with food poisoning.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Andre Bright killed Victoria Adams, with whom he had a young daughter, after a period of abusive behaviour.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former Royal Navy sailor has been jailed for 14 years for a series of horrific child sex offences including the rape of a six-month-old baby.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A sadistic couple who bullied a schoolgirl into submission with “black magic” threats before she was raped have been jailed for 17 years.’
The Independent, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who raped and sexually assaulted a tourist in Manchester city centre has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who was arrested on his return to Britain in a light aircraft, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A father who supplied his teenage daughter with the drug MDMA and delayed getting medical treatment when she became ill has been jailed for five years and four months for killing her.’
BBC News, 20th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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