Richard Huckle admits catalogue of serious child sexual offences
Richard Huckle, aged 30, – described as a “prolific paedophile” by Sky News – pleaded guilty to numerous child sexual offences on 1 June 2016. What happened? There is plenty of detail in this Sky News...
View ArticleFormer PM aide receives conditional discharge for indecent image offences
On 2 June 2016, Patrick Rock, former aide to the Prime Minister, was sentenced for offences of making indecent images of children (s1 Protection of Children Act 1978). He had earlier had a trial and...
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...
View ArticleRalph Clarke – 101 year old to be first centenarian to be tried?
Introduction We have looked before at ‘Britain’s oldest criminals‘, including the 100 year old who was prosecuted, convicted, but not sent to prison. The oldest man to be sent to prison in the British...
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 ArticleBen Butler & Jennie Gray sentenced in relation to death of their daughter
Introduction On 21st June 2016 Ben Butler, and his partner Jennie Gray, were convicted of offences relating to the death of Ellie, their six year old daughter, who had died on 28th October 2013. Mr...
View ArticleBecky Watts – Shauna Hoare and Nathan Matthews lose attempt to appeal
We have looked several times at the case of Nathan Matthews and Shuana Hoare who were convicted of offences related to the death of Becky Watts. Unsurprisingly, they tried to appeal both conviction and...
View ArticleDene Betteridge – Black Lace singer jailed, but not for Agadoo…
Introduction Black Lace, the novelty pop music act who shot to fame in 1979 after representing the UK in the Eurovision song contest have been described as the “band with the least street credibility...
View ArticleNorman Wilson escapes jail for killing Tiny Tim
Introduction It’s often said that Brits love their animals more than other humans. If you want to get on the wrong side of the British public, then hurt an animal. If you really want to be seen as the...
View ArticleAdam Johnson’s appeal ‘dismissed’?
Introduction We have looked previously (quite a bit in fact) at the case of Adam Johnson, the former Sunderland footballer who got six years for sexual activity with a child. Mr Johnson, as is his...
View ArticleJennifer Lampe pleads guilty to decapitating her pet snakes ‘with scissors...
Introduction and Facts On 8th April 2016 Jennifer Lampe and her two pet snakes (a boa constrictor and a bull python) was living temporarily with her sister in Telford. It was not a comfortable...
View ArticleJohn Nimmo sent to the Crown Court for sentence for anti-semitic death threats
Introduction If the name, or face, of John Nimmo looks familiar, that’s probably because he was in the news back in 2014 when he was sent to prison for sending offensive tweets to Stella Creasy MP and...
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 ArticleEdward Tenniswood jailed for rape and murder of India Chipchase
Introduction On 31st January 2016 the police found the body of 20 year old India Chipchase under a plastic sheet in a house belonging to Edward Tenniswood in Northamptonshire. The cause of death was...
View Article‘Best Man’ Martyn Galvin jailed for stealing from Groom and Stag Party
Introduction It was so said the Judge, ‘one of the nastiest and meanest’ that he had encountered, as he jailed the inaptly named ‘best man’ Martyn Galvin for 20 months on 18th August 2016. And it’s...
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 Article12 year old sentenced for raping his sister
Introduction It sounds an extremely disturbing, and very difficult, case. A 12 year old boy (unnamed of course) pleaded guilty and was sentenced on 25th August 2016 of raping his sister twice. He was...
View ArticleMichael McCabe jailed for punching a car (ish)
Introduction and Facts It’s an arresting image (that lead to Mr McCabe being arrested) – a man jumps onto the bonnet of another person’s car and starts punching the windscreen. The driver of the car...
View ArticleGP guilty of bestiality pornography and an indecent image
Introduction On 1st September 2016 Cyprian Okoro, a GP from South London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey off six ‘pornography offences’. These were one count of indecent images – an ‘indecent video...
View ArticleDoes money buy you justice? Decision to prosecute Jocelyn Robson quashed
Introduction Jocelyn Robson, a single parent company director, was in a relationship with Daniel Adler when that went sour. The details of what happened are not clear, but Ms Robson rounded off the...
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