“A former boyfriend of Charlotte Church was sentenced to 12 years in prison today after a police raid at a house uncovered heroin with a street value of almost £10 million.”
The Independent, 10th September 2009
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“A man has been jailed for a minimum of five years for the manslaughter of a woman who had sacked him from the cafe she ran in Bermondsey, south London.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
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“A disqualified driver who killed two women in Ipswich by driving into them while he was drunk and on drugs has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2009
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“A man was convicted today of murdering his partner less than a fortnight after she changed her status to single on Facebook.”
The Independent, 11th September 2009
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“The four men behind the collapse of car giant MG Rover are to be banned from running companies, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said today.”
The Independent, 11th September 2009
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“A police constable who also worked as a prostitute was jailed for 15 months yesterday after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2009
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“Britain’s most senior judge has said that he sympathises with terminally ill people seeking to end their own lives.”
The Times, 11th September 2009
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“Parents who ferry groups of children to Scouts, Brownies or after-school sports clubs will have to undergo a criminal record check or face fines of up to £5,000.”
The Times, 11th September 2009
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“A South Tyneside teenager who stole a cat and forced it to inhale cannabis by trapping it in a bag has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
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“The scientist who discovered genetic fingerprinting today called for a drastic reduction in the DNA database on the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough.”
The Times, 10th September 2009
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“The Serious Fraud Office is investigating suspected criminal price fixing and fraud at Britain’s two largest sports retailers – JJB and Sports Direct.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2009
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“A mother-of-three whose children were left alone in squalor has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
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“A paedophile who abused three young children over a period of 30 years has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
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“A former BBC television presenter who hit a teenager with a 3ft pole in a fight at the West Midlands bar he owned is to appeal against his jail sentence.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
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“British boxing champion Amir Khan and his promoter, Frank Warren, have launched a legal campaign to force Facebook to tackle ‘highly defamatory’ or abusive postings.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2009
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“Police officers who take ‘voluntary’ DNA samples from children under 16 without their written consent or that of their parents are legally committing an assault, the Home Office’s ethics group on the national DNA database has warned.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2009
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“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, latched on to a comment made in passing from Mr Shields Sr when he met the family on August 28. They presented him with new evidence, believed to be the oral confession of another man, Graham Sankey, to the attack made on the second day of Mr Shields’ trial in Bulgaria. Mr Shields Sr said that his daughter Melissa had visited Mr Sankey, and that in front of his parents he confessed to the assault.”
The Times, 10th September 2009
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“A couple spoke of their joy and renewed desire to have children last night after ministers allowed them to keep frozen embryos that otherwise would have been destroyed.”
The Times, 10th September 2009
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“A teenager was locked up for three months today after shooting dead her neighbour’s cat with a crossbow.”
The Independent, 9th September 2009
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“Home Secretary Alan Johnson today ‘gave no ground’ in the face of calls not to extradite computer hacker Gary McKinnon, a cross-party trio of senior MPs said.”
The Independent, 9th September 2009
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