“The government should fast-track the parole hearings of almost 2,500 prisoners who have served their minimum sentence but are still being held in jail for ‘public protection’, a leading barrister has said.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A millionaire pensioner was today facing the rest of his life behind bars for attempting to kill his ex-wife after she tried to get a share of his fortune.”
The Independent, 27th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ‘good neighbour’ who stabbed a man he caught urinating through his letterbox on a yob-plagued estate was jailed for five years today after admitting manslaughter.”
The Independent, 29th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An ‘internet troll’ who posted obscene messages on Facebook sites set up in memory of dead people has been jailed.”
BBC News, 29th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The lead singer of rock band The Zutons, Dave McCabe, who broke a man’s nose after his girlfriend was insulted, was today ordered to do 150 hours’ unpaid work and compensate his victim.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A driver who lost control of his speeding car and killed a 17-year-old pedestrian has had his jail term cut by three years by the Appeal Court.”
BBC News, 28th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Giving this lecture provides me not only with the opportunity to talk to you about sentencing, a topic that has been a keen interest of mine since my days as an undergraduate, but also allows me to pay tribute to a number of people whom I greatly admire…”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 25th October 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A former barrister has today been jailed for 8 1/2 years for his role in a massive immigration scam which netted millions of pounds. 36-year-old Syed Ahmed of Havelock Terrace, Sunderland was among 5 people involved in running a bogus college and corrupt immigration advisory firm in London. They were all arrested after an investigation by our London immigration crime team.”
UK Border Agency, 25th October 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Research into the sentencing of murderers has found no evidence that people support mandatory life imprisonment.”
BBC News, 29th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ex-art student who worked alongside artist Tracey Emin has been jailed for 16 months for forging her work.”
BBC News, 28th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A binman has been jailed for life for luring a work colleague to a Hertfordshire country park and then battering him to death.”
BBC News, 26th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two nursery nurses have been sentenced to 16-weeks in jail suspended for 12 months for cruelty to a two-year-old boy at a Hertfordshire nursery.”
BBC News, 26th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
O’Connell v Judicial Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife [2010] WLR (D) 26
“It was unjust or oppressive by reason of the passage of time, within the meaning of s 14 of the Extradition Act 2003, to order pursuant to a European arrest warrant the extradition of a person to serve the balance of a sentence of imprisonment after his sentence had twice been extended on appeal, rendering him unlawfully at large, where the requesting authority had without good reason delayed issuing the warrant for a significant period of time.”
WLR Daily, 21st October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A failed businessman who murdered a well-to-do elderly couple at their seaside home and stole from them to try to pay off his heavy debts was jailed for 30 years today.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former PE teacher who abused young girls in North Yorkshire more than 30 years ago has been jailed.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A solicitor was jailed for five years today after pleading guilty to fraud offences, which benefited him to the tune of almost £250,000, police said.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Four teenagers have been jailed after an armed raid at an East Yorkshire hotel left a night porter ‘terrified.’ ”
BBC News, 21st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A jilted teenager has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her to death on a river towpath.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A taxi driver, Phillip Brindle, has been jailed for life after being convicted of drugging girls and filming himself attacking them.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former priest, James Robinson, who fled to the United States 25 years ago has been jailed for 21 years for the sexual abuse of young boys which began in the 1950s.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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