All news on the topic: Sentencing

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More than 5,400 offenders escape electronic tagging despite court orders
Thousands of criminals who were supposed to be electronically tagged are not having the devices fitted in a major new scandal.
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Two teenage rapists jailed after Court of Appeal overturns lenient sentences
Two teenage boys who walked free after being convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years after their original sentence was found to be ‘unduly lenient’.
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Kinahan gang enforcer jailed over murder and attempted killing in Irish feud
A ‘senior lieutenant’ in the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for 24 years.
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NHS nurse who pocketed £20,000 for fake shifts struck off profession
A nurse who fraudulently claimed almost £20,000 by adding shifts she did not work has been struck off.
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Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell returns to court after admitting £400,000 embezzlement from party funds
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has returned to court for a further hearing, after he admitted to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.
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Shocking bodycam footage shows stabbed teen handcuffed as officers dismissed desperate pleas for help
This is the shocking moment a dying teenager desperately pleaded with cops to help him as he was handcuffed despite being stabbed by his attacker who used the “racism card”.
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Fury as teenage rapists avoid jail despite filming attacks and mocking victims online
The government is to review the sentencing of three teenage boys who raped two girls in separate attacks, after criticism their sentences were too lenient.
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Bank worker caught after flaunting lavish lifestyle on Facebook while stealing from elderly victims
A Nationwide cashier who stole thousands of pounds from vulnerable customers has been jailed after she was caught out by colleagues when she posted Facebook pictures of her ’lavish’ holidays.
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Young offenders to serve time as judge warns of price for ‘terrible act’
Alexander Cashford, 49, was brutally attacked by two boys, 15 and 16, and a girl, 16, on the Isle of Sheppey, with the assault filmed and posted to social media.
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Failed asylum seeker exposed as convicted killer after Brighton beach gang rape
A failed Egyptian asylum seeker, who participated in a gang rape of a woman on a beach with his accomplices, has been identified as a convicted murderer.
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NXIVM leader Keith Raniere exposed for using sleep deprivation to control followers in shocking new book
The curtain on NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere has been lifted, exposing the unsettling strategies he employed to manipulate his followers, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
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From Channel crossing to Mayfair robbery: migrants jailed over £65k watch theft
Two Algerian boat migrants ripped a £65,000 designer watch from a driver’s wrist as he photographed his Bentley, a court heard.
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A new “prison-years” metric shows U.S. crypto sentencing has already reached 83 years — and the cycle is still accelerating
How the new "prison-years" metric predicts 80 additional years of custodial time, indicating that the current trend in sentencing is just the beginning.
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Nicholas Green jailed for frenzied stabbing of two strangers at kennington underground
A man who initiated an unprovoked knife attack on two strangers at a London tube station has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.
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In Torquay, 51-year-old Jamie Stevens kept his ex-girlfriend’s body under a blanket for more than two years
A man who hid the dead body of his ex-girlfriend in his home for over two years has been jailed.
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Foreign criminals in Britain to be deported immediately after sentencing
Foreign criminals will be sent "packing" and deported immediately when they receive a custodial sentence, the Justice Secretary has pledged.
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In Australia, rapist MP Gareth Ward resigns an hour before expulsion vote from parliament
An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament just moments before being expelled, after losing a legal challenge to stay.
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Man who raped and murdered ex-fiancee in luxury hotel sentenced to 28 years
A man who raped and murdered his former fiancée after she agreed to celebrate his 60th birthday with him as a ‘final act of kindness’ before moving on with her life has been jailed.
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Man who killed Anita Rose in ‘brutal’ dog walk attack had history of near-identical assault
Attack on Anita Rose by Roy Barclay was similar to previous assault on man who was also found with dog tied to leg
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Briton found guilty of raping and murdering his ex-fiancée at a luxury hotel
James Cartwright, 61, was found guilty of the murder and rape of his ex-fiancée Samantha Mickleburgh, 54, following a trial at Guilford Crown Court - he will be sentenced at a later date
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‘His skull was shattered’: 27-year-old father jailed for brutal murder of two-week-old son at Yeovil Hospital
Daniel Gunter, 27, caused ’catastrophic injuries’ to the head, neck, legs, and jaw of Brendon Staddon. The baby was discovered in his cot at Yeovil District Hospital in Somerset.
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UK doctor sentenced to 7 years for sexually assaulting patients under guise of examination
A former general practitioner has been sentenced to jail for performing unnecessary genital examinations on men and teenage boys who only had symptoms such as coughs and headaches.
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Former Venezuelan intelligence chief admits he ran drug cartel with Chávez and Maduro
Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s director of military intelligence, was due to go to trial on June 30.
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Former UK MP Katy Wallis pleads guilty to stalking her ex-wife
A former Conservative Member of Parliament has admitted to harassing her ex-wife by sending a series of messages and a voice note.
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British man sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering two women on Christmas
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 39 years for the murder of two women in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day.
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