Killer chopped off victim’s head – BBC News
“A man who hacked off the head of his neighbour and put it in a wheelie bin has been detained indefinitely.”
BBC News, 27th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sentencing
‘Suicide mission’ driver jailed – BBC News
“A driver who tried to kill himself by crashing his car into the front of a department store has been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophile rapist jailed for life – BBC News
“A paedophile from Somerset who was convicted of a string of rapes and sexual assaults against girls as young as 11 has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Football match paedophile jailed – BBC News
“A paedophile from Leicestershire who abused young boys he met at football matches has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for trying to smuggle cocaine in trainers – UK Border Agency
“A Spanish man who tried to smuggle 2.8kg of cocaine – worth an estimated £112,000 – into the United Kingdom has been jailed for 11 years.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Woman jailed for killing husband – BBC News
“A mother-of-four from Northampton has been found guilty of killing her husband by knifing him in the heart.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple celebrated lottery win with town centre sex – Daily Telegraph
“A drunken couple who celebrated winning £100 on the National Lottery with a display of exhibitionism in a town centre have walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Alice Cooper fan who brandished prosthetic leg at concert is spared jail – The Guardian
“Rocker who lost part of leg in motorcycle accident given suspended sentence for attacking fellow concertgoer.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man guilty of Beshenivsky murder – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a policewoman who was shot dead during a bungled robbery.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Slade v Slade – WLR Daily
Slade v Slade [2009] EWCA Civ 748; [2009] WLR (D) 248
“When a court was sentencing a contemnor for conduct which had already been the subject of sentencing founded upon a criminal conviction it was essential that the second court should be fully informed of the factors and circumstances reflected in the first sentence.”
WLR Daily, 20th July 2009
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.
Ex-boyfriend jailed for double shooting – The Guardian
“A jilted boyfriend was jailed for lifetoday today for gunning down his girlfriend’s parents, after blaming them for breaking up their relationship.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Press Release: O’Connor and Rooney – serial burglars’ sentences doubled – Attorney General’s Office
“O’Connor and Rooney: serial burglars’ sentences doubled.”
Attorney General’s Office, 16th July 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Men jailed for heroin conspiracy – BBC News
“Eight men have been sentenced for a drugs conspiracy that saw millions of pounds of heroin imported into the UK.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing friend in get-away – The Independent
“A man who ran over his own friend and left him dying in the road was jailed for more than five years today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Victim of gazumping given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
“If revenge is a dish best served cold, the portion served up by Martin Frostick was positively icy. Eleven years after he was gazumped on a house purchase, he launched a smear campaign to ruin the estate agents he blamed for the collapse of the deal.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Statement: Kinsella killers’ sentences not to be referred as unduly lenient – Attorney General’s Office
Statement: Kinsella killers’ sentences not to be referred as unduly lenient.”
Attorney General’s Office, 15th July 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Woman jailed for Muslim blackmail – BBC News
“A blackmailer who threatened to expose her Muslim friend as a terrorist sympathiser has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail sentence for squatter conman – BBC News
“A man who posed as a businessman to trick two couples into renting out their homes where he and his wife squatted has been jailed for 15 months.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Psychiatric nurse jailed for golf rage attack – The Guardian
“A golfer who beat a fellow player around the head with an eight iron after an outbreak of ‘golf rage’ was today jailed for nine months.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Revenge killing’ gunman jailed – BBC News
“A gunman who shot a rival gang member in a north London barber shop as ‘payback’ for two other deaths has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 13th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
