‘Whole life’ term for bus stop stalker – The Independent
“Bus stop stalker Levi Bellfield will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge said today.”
The Independent, 26th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: sentencing
NatWest Three jailed for three years – Financial Times
Three former NatWest bankers were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Friday, after a federal judge approved a deal that they had negotiated with US prosecutors to reduce their expected prison terms drastically and accelerate their return to the UK.
Financial Times, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.ft.com
Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright jailed for life – The Guardian
“Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail for killing five women in Suffolk in what prosecutors described as a six-week ‘campaign of murder’. Judge Mr Justice Gross, at Ipswich crown court, ruled that Wright, a 49-year-old former forklift truck driver, should serve a whole life term and never be released.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chef Mark Dixie will serve at least 34 years for Sally Anne Bowman murder – The Times
“A pub chef obsessed with violent sex has been jailed for life for the brutal murder of an aspiring model who was found in a pool of blood outside her South London home in September 2005.”
The Times, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Send fewer to jail, Straw urges courts – The Guardian
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, last night made an urgent appeal to magistrates to send fewer people to jail as the prison population in England and Wales soared past 82,000 to an all-time high.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No jail for 130mph video driver – BBC News
“A man from Suffolk who filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 130mph has been given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.”
BBC News, 21st February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“On 20 February 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines on ‘Assault and Other Offences Against the Person’ and ‘Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child.’
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 20th February 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Jealous lover jailed for 18 years – BBC News
“A married father of two who killed his teenage lover has been jailed for life with a judge ordering him to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Train attack youth’s sentence cut – BBC News
” A youth who dropped masonry from a bridge shattering a train’s windscreen and hitting the driver of a separate train has had his prison sentence cut.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour’s smacking laws could be ‘unworkable’ – Daily Telegraph
“Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Couple jailed for packing 41 pets into caravan – The Guardian
“A couple have been jailed for four months and banned from keeping pets for life after cramming 34 cats and seven dogs into a 7ft by 12ft caravan.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) v Luqman – Times Law Reports
Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) v Luqman
Chancery Division
“Permission of the sentencing judge was not required before granting an application for the grant of temporary release on licence by a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment for civil contempt.”
The Times, 19th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Man behind plot to behead soldier is jailed – The Times
“A fanatic backed by al-Qaeda was jailed for life yesterday for planning the kidnap, torture and beheading of a British soldier as a way of terrorising Muslims who join the Armed Forces.”
The Times, 19th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland – Times Law Reports
Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland
House of Lords
“In considering whether an extradition order should be made in pursuance of a European arrest warrant in a conviction case, it was sufficient if the aggregated sentence was for at least four months; the extradition judge was not concerned with the lengths of the individual sentences aggregated.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina v Xu and Others – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Persons convicted of being concerned in the large scale commercial cultivation or production of cannabis, could expect to receive sentences with a starting point of three years if they acted as a gardener, six to seven years if they acted as an organiser, three to seven years if they acted as a manager and higher sentences where they controlled a large number of such operations.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Mother jailed for crying rape – Daily Telegraph
“A young mother of three who tried to frame her lover for rape after her boyfriend found out about their affair was jailed for four months on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman jailed for murder of 100-year-old – Reuters
“A woman who murdered her 100-year-old aunt, a former dressmaker to the Queen, during a feud over a will was jailed for a minimum of 20 years on Monday.”
Reuters, 11th February 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
Teenagers given life sentences for Newlove murder – The Guardian
“Three youths convicted of kicking and beating Garry Newlove to death outside his own home after a seven-hour drinking binge were today all jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Number of rapists who escape jail doubles – Daily Telegraph
“The number of convicted rapists who are spared jail has doubled, new figures have revealed, fuelling claims that the criminal justice system is soft on sex offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Driver, 78, jailed for road death – BBC News
“A man of 78 is starting a year in jail after a court heard how his dangerous overtaking killed a father-of-four.”
BBC News, 9th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
