Money launderer gets suspended term – The Independent
“A casino worker was sentenced today for laundering thousands of pounds of drug money with her father, police said.”
The Independent, 1st August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: sentencing
Newtown sex offender Anthony Milsom has sentence cut – BBC News
“A ‘manipulative and predatory’ sex offender who was jailed indefinitely for public protection has had his sentence cut to three-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cambridgeshire man jailed for sex assaults on girls – BBC News
“A man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl and raped a teenager 20 years ago has been jailed for 12 years.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former Livingston MP Jim Devine leaves prison – BBC News
“Former Labour MP Jim Devine has been released from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for expenses fraud.”
BBC News, 1st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother who left children in 40C car spared jail – BBC News
“A mother who left her three children in a hot car for 45 minutes in Carlisle has been spared jail.”
BBC New, 1st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CPS statement on Bilal Ahmad – Crown Prosecution Service
“Bilal Ahmad was today sentenced for encouraging violent extremism and attempting to stir up hatred on the internet.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Viper in our midst’ jailed for threatening MPs – Daily Telegraph
“A Muslim extremist who posted a call for attacks on MPs who supported the Iraq war on a radical website, along with where to buy a knife, has been jailed for 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophile jailed for 13 years for King’s Lynn assaults – BBC News
“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sex assaults on children in West Norfolk between 1975 and 1990.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby powder heroin plot men jailed at Hull court – BBC News
“Two men from Hull have been jailed for their parts in an operation to smuggle heroin with a street value of £13m in packets of baby powder.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pair jailed for £13 million heroin plot – The Independent
“Two men have been jailed for a combined total of 20 years for their roles in a ‘simple but ingenious’ plot to bring millions of pounds worth of heroin into the UK disguised as baby powder.”
The Independent, 28th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Yorkie advert star admits killing terminally-ill wife – BBC News
“The star of the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Brothers jailed for Camberwell toddler arson death – BBC News
“Two half-brothers convicted of killing a 19-month-old girl in an ‘evil’ revenge arson attack have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paul Wilson: Ex-Little Stars Nursery worker jailed – BBC News
“A former nursery worker has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for raping a toddler and inciting the sexual abuse of 22 girls.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judges free child images man over fears of abuse in jail – BBC News
“A man who was jailed for possessing child abuse images has been freed by a judge who said he was at risk of becoming ‘another inmate’s bitch’.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cannock man jailed for giving partner HIV – BBC News
“A Staffordshire man who had unprotected sex with his partner knowing he had HIV has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 25th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leicestershire mobility scooter conmen jailed – BBC News
“A father and son who conned vulnerable pensioners into buying mobility aids which were never delivered have each been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapist infected woman with hepatitis C – BBC News
“A sex attacker who infected a woman with hepatitis C when he broke into her south London home and raped her has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Smith (Nicholas) – WLR Daily
Regina v Smith (Nicholas) [2011] UKSC 37; [2011] WLR (D) 239
“A sentence of imprisonment for public protection could be imposed upon a defendant who was already serving a sentence of life imprisonment.”
WLR Daily, 20th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Judicial response to the publication of the Attorney General’s unduly lenient referral statistics – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Deputy Head of Criminal Justice, Lord Justice Thomas, has responded to the statistics released today by the Attorney General’s office. These statistics report the number of cases where the Attorney General asked the Court of Appeal to decide whether a sentence imposed by the Crown Court was unduly lenient.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 21st July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
