“A Muslim man is suing Tesco for religious discrimination because he was asked to handle crates of alcohol in a warehouse.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“British troops who hand over prisoners in Iraq to US military personnel could find themselves facing prosecution, according to a legal opinion compiled for parliament.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The MoD faces a legal challenge over its ban on women soldiers serving in combat units, Army lawyers have warned defence chiefs.”
Sunday Telegraph, 28th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An 82-year-old pensioner banned from her home after being handed a second antisocial behaviour order is set to appeal, her daughter has insisted.”
BBC News, 27th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 800 police officers across England and Wales have been arrested in the past two years for a range of offences, including assault, drink-driving, rape, paedophilia, fraud, drugs charges and child cruelty.”
The Observer, 28th September 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“A terminally ill woman will this week launch a landmark legal battle to ensure that her husband is not prosecuted for helping her travel abroad to end her life.”
The Observer, 28th September 2008
Source:http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge has ordered the immediate release of US rapper Busta Rhymes after he was detained at London’s City Airport.”
BBC News, 25th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A County Durham farmer has been banned from keeping cattle and sheep for 10 years, after allowing 71 sheep to die in his fields.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An England cricket coach who admitted downloading child pornography on a laptop owned by the national cricketing board has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who boasted he was ‘cool’ after stabbing a man who was protecting his son has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two brothers from Leicester have been jailed for sexually abusing children.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 82-year-old pensioner must move from her home of 41 years after being handed a second Asbo banning her from it and surrounding roads for five years.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A one-legged driver has been convicted of cheating the disabled badge system.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage rape victim has claimed other victims of her attacker could have been spared their ordeal had he been prosecuted over the allegations she made against him.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘selfish’ father has been jailed for five years for killing his baby daughter in a fit of temper.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A foster mother who abused three children in her care has had her 14-year jail sentence cut by two years.”
BBC News, 26th September 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
“Two drunken louts who acted ‘like laughing hyenas’ as they beat an innocent man to death have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A legal loophole which allows homeless sex offenders to roam free – ‘living’ at a bus stop, park bench or in a tree – has been branded ‘astonishing’ by a senior judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest credit card company has been fined £50,000 by the telecoms regulator for making silent and abandoned phone calls to UK customers.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and food companies could be fined tens of millions of pounds after a consumer watchdog said there was evidence they had been sharing information on prices.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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