Richard Ford wins appeal against 45 year sentence
We covered the case of Richard Ford who got an extremely lengthy sentence of 45 years for 10 offences of threats to kill. The twist was that he himself had asked to never be released from prison as he...
View ArticleDeferred Prosecution Agreements – A Rolls Royce Service
“If Rolls-Royce were not to be prosecuted in the context of such egregious criminality over decades, involving countries around the world, making truly corrupt vast payments and, consequentially, even...
View Article45-year sentence for “corpse sex fetishist”
On 14 December 2016, Richard Ford was sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment, following guilty pleas to 10 counts of making a threat to kill. What happened? Ford was a serving prisoner, having been...
View ArticleEmma-Jayne Magson jailed for life for stabbing her boyfriend
Introduction and Facts In the early hours of 27th March 2016 Emma-Jayne Magson, a 23 year old woman from Leicester had an argument with her boyfriend James Knight (aged 26). It is not clear what the...
View ArticleJohn Burrill gets life for murder of baby daughter
Introduction and Facts On 11th March 2016 John Burrill, a 31 year old father to 2 month old Daisy Mae Burrill, lost his temper and assaulted her. Sadly, three days later she died of her injuries. On...
View ArticleWhat if they are innocent? Justice for people accused of sexual and child abuse
Note: The following blog is reproduced with the permission of OUP. The original can be found here. Many people watching the UK television drama National Treasure will have made their minds up about the...
View ArticleChed Evans – Not Guilty of rape
Introduction On 14th October 2016, after a trial that lasted two weeks, former Sheffield United and Wales footballer Ched Evans was found not guilty of rape. There is a long history in relation to this...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph fined £80,000 for publishing Adam Johnson’s victim’s photo
Introduction and Facts The law relating to anonymity of those who are victims of sexual offences is clear – they have lifelong anonymity. There are plenty of examples of this being broken, but this is...
View ArticleLauren Jeska – athlete admits triple stabbing
Introduction and Facts Lauren Jeska was a successful athlete, a 41 year old fell runner, when she fell into dispute with British Athletics. For reasons that aren’t clear, on 22nd March 2016 Ms Jeska...
View ArticlePaul Gascoigne pleads guilty to ‘racial abuse’
Introduction Back in June of this year (2016) we looked at the case of Paul Gascogine, the ex-English footballer, when he was charged with racially aggravated s5. On 19th September 2016, it was...
View ArticleMohammed Syeedy guilty of terrorist murder – 24 year tariff
Introduction and Facts On 16th September 2016, Mohammed Syeedy, a 21 year old from was convicted of murdering Jalal Uddin, a 71 year old Preston imam, in what was described by the CPS as a ‘Daesh...
View ArticleDaniel Green jailed for 6 years for office party rape
Introduction and Facts On 15th May 2015 Daniel Green, a new trader, went for after work drinks. As became apparent at the trial, such events were not uncommon, and often involved plenty of alcohol and...
View Article15-year extended sentence for man who carried out ‘sadistic attack’
BBC News reported on 5 September 2016 that Attar Khan had been sentenced to an extended sentence following a conviction for a “sadistic attack”. It was described as being ‘jailed for 11 years’, which...
View ArticleEdward Vines jailed for the repeated stalking of Emily Maitlis
Introduction On 5th September 2016 Edward Vines, a 46 year old contemporary of Emily Maitlis, was jailed for 3 years for breaching a Restraining Order imposed for the benefit of the journalist. On the...
View ArticlePregnant woman receives suspended sentence for assaulting police officer
This story popped up in the Daily Mail on 22nd August 2016 – so you can guess which way this is going… Lori Clayton, 23, pleaded guilty to s.20 wounding and received 15 months’ imprisonment, suspended...
View ArticleThe launch of Crown Court TV?
For the first time earlier this week, television cameras were permitted to record part of proceedings at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey). Under the Crown Court (Recording) Order 2016, the...
View ArticleJack Mount – 97 year old ‘cleared of all charges’ after two trials
Introduction It’s been something of a talking point for us recently – who the oldest man (and they have all been men, despite the greater longevity of women) to have graced the criminal courts are. We...
View ArticleBobby Heath convicted of stealing his barrister’s mobile phone
One of the perils of being a criminal defence barrister is the proximity to those who are, well, criminals – as one such criminal barrister found out recently. Enter Bobby Heath, who on 13 June 2016...
View ArticleArthur Simpson-Kent pleads guilty to triple murder
Introduction In December 2015 Arthur Simpson-Kent killed his partner, Sian Blake, and their two children – Zachary (aged 8) and Amon (aged 4). He thereafter he reported them as ‘missing’ and fled to...
View ArticleLife sentence with 23 year minimum term for prolific paedophile Richard Huckle
On 6 June 2016, Richard Huckle, aged 30, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years following guilty pleas to 71 counts of serious child sexual offences. What happened? There is...
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