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“two-year jail sentences to eight people.”
“One was convicted posthumously”
“The eight Indians were convicted of 'death by negligence'.”
“In addition to the huge haul of drugs, the Gambian authorities have arrested a dozen suspected traffickers, and seized large quantities of cash and arms.”
“Joseph Slane, 19, of Thames Court, Belfast, is charged with attempted murder over the incident last Friday.”
“He also faced a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his mother at Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday.”
“Mr Slane surrendered himself to police on Monday”
“And in January, two brothers were jailed for an 'appalling and terrible' attack on two boys, then aged nine and 11, in Edlington, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.”
“She had a massive internet gambling problem - she wagered over £2m on one site.”
“"She physically laid her hands on just under £140,000," he said.”
“The prosecution has claimed between £20,000 and £30,000 of the money remains unaccounted for - although the defence lawyers have disputed this.”
“Police in Peru say Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in a hotel in the capital, Lima, on 30 May.”
“Mr van der Sloot's alleged confession to killing Ms Flores, 21, came on his third day in their custody, Peruvian police said.”
“Mr van der Sloot was arrested by police in Chile on Thursday after entering the country on 31 May. He was then brought to Peru on Saturday in a police convoy from Chile.”
“Police released video on Saturday taken from hotel security cameras that appeared to show Ms Flores entering Mr van der Sloot's hotel room with him at 0500 local time (1100 GMT).”
“Thames Valley Police said the man is described as white, 5ft 6ins (1.7m), with short, dark, slightly curly hair.”
“convicted in 2002”
“faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.”
“Pete Bethune faces up to 15 years in prison in Japan”
“Mr Bethune is facing five charges in Japan after he boarded a Japanese whaling ship, the Shonan Maru 2, in the Antarctic in February.”
“A Dunmurry man has pleaded guilty to involvement in an aggravated burglary in 2001 in which a pensioner died.”
“The burglary charges relate to an incident in January 2001, when two men burst into the Fosters' house in Manor Drive and held the couple prisoner in an upstairs bedroom while they ransacked the house in search of money.”
“he was issued with an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) and must serve at least three years.”
“Bentley previously pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault and two counts of extreme pornography.”
“he was arrested in May 2009 when his DNA was found at the scene of two offences after police began an operation to deal with reported assaults.”
“He will also be on the sex offenders register for life and was issued with a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.”
“The prisoner had been transferred from the healthcare unit of Magilligan Prison on 29 January 2007.”
“An anonymous businessman is offering a reward of £5,000 for information about the murder of 22-year-old Ffion Wyn Roberts.”
“Mr Chalinor added that an investigative team of 44 continued to work on the case.”
“They had said they had been involved in covert police operations for 25 years.”
“The original ruling came in the wake of Snoop Dogg's arrest in April 2006, following a fracas at Heathrow Airport...”
“Boy George was jailed in January 2009 for false imprisonment.”
“Conn Farrell, 57, Patrick Dolan, 68, and Anthony Lee, 49, are accused of trying to sell the landmark hotel in Piccadilly for £250m.”
“Mr Dolan, of Philip Lane, Tottenham, Mr Farrell, of Cambridge Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, and Mr Lee, of Broad Lane, Goole, East Yorkshire, are accused of defrauding Terence Collins and Marcel Boerkhoorn between January 2006 and March 2007.”
“They promised their targets something that seemed to be too good to be true - the opportunity to buy the Ritz Hotel and Casino in Piccadilly for the bargain price of £250m.”
“As the negotiations progressed, they sucked their victims in with more false promises and frustrated them with unnecessary requests until they managed to extract from them a payment of £1m.”
“The trio told their victims they knew the billionaire Barclay brothers, the owners of The Ritz, and could buy the hotel and casino for just £200m. They claimed they would then sell it on to Mr Collins' firm, London Allied, for £250m.”
“Ms Dhir said the deal was 'a very attractive proposition' as the offer was more than half of the actual value of the hotel which was between £450m and £600m.”
“Mr Lee then met Karen Maguire, a director of a firm which finds properties for private clients, and said he had access to a contract to buy The Ritz for £200m, and planned to make a £50m profit by selling it on.”
“Mr Hunter, who works in the building trade, said he was walking back to his car after visiting a friend when Bird called over to him. [...] He was kept in overnight at Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital before being released the next da…”
“Opening the case, prosecutor Richard Barton described the minutes leading up to the fatal collision as a 'quarter of an hour of utter stupidity' demonstrated by Jones.”
“the police helicopter which pursued the Mazda as it swerved across lanes and overtook other cars at speeds of up to 100 mph.”
“He was also sentenced to six years in a young offenders' institution after being convicted of a number of violent assaults in October 2001.”
“Mr Barton said the two police cars were then ordered to stop chasing Jones due to fears his driving would endanger other road users”
“The court was shown film footage taken from two other police cars and the police helicopter”
“A 26-year-old man has admitted killing a 70-year-old woman in a hit-and-run in Sussex.”
“He told the court the car had been stolen from outside a house in Salfords, Surrey, the previous Saturday night.”
“The court was shown film footage taken from two other police cars and the police helicopter which pursued the Mazda as it swerved across lanes and overtook other cars at speeds of up to 100 mph.”
“Sonny Dear, 18, will serve a minimum of 16 years before he becomes eligible for release from jail for stabbing Brian Johnstone, 48, to death in March 2009.”
“The court heard earlier that the knife was used with such force that it cut through the bone causing fatal injuries.”
“14 murders in his area in the past 10 weeks.”
“14 out of 18 murders across Strathclyde since 1 April had been drink-related.”
“An Edinburgh woman who put methadone on a baby's dummy to stop him crying has been jailed for three years.”
“Sheriff Alistair Noble jailed Cowan for a total of 10 months, eight months for a charge brought under the Children and Young Persons Act and two months for missing a previous court date.”
“Police were called in when tests revealed methadone was in the baby's system two days later.”
“Lord Bannatyne ordered the three year sentence to follow a 26-month sentence Taylor was currently serving for snatching a 66-year-old woman's bag at knife-point.”
“At a recent football match supporters unveiled a huge banner with the words, 'death to the crooked noses'. The clubs involved have been punished and the fans responsible arrested.”
“An independent review was ordered after the 23-month-old was killed by his mother's boyfriend, who was jailed for 10 years for the attack.”
“His report found resources in the police, council and NHS had been increased and that staff were able to deal better with pressures.”
“He had been detained twice in the previous week, and was on police bail.”
“The new Amber Valley MP, Nigel Mills, used his maiden Commons speech to back an inquiry into how police dealt with a mentally-ill killer.”
“"The case is made more difficult by the fact the alleged perpetrator of these offences had been arrested twice by the police the week before from accusations of domestic violence."”
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating how police handled the case.”
“"I do welcome the fact that Derbyshire Police has called in the Independent Police Complaints Commission to review their actions."”
“On Monday Monika Lewandowska, a spokeswoman for Warsaw prosecutors, said that the first withdrawal on two stolen cards was made about two hours after the crash.”
“Diego Dias, 20, and Jones Sousa dos Santos, 28, both from Brazil, were convicted of the manslaughter of Paul Houston, 51, in Portugal last year.”
“They were sentenced to 14 years in prison when they appeared in court in Portugal on Monday.”
“Portuguese police arrested the pair three days after the attack as they prepared to flee the country.”
“The nine fibreglass sculptures were targeted over the weekend and have been removed for repair.”
“Mr Qin said the case was being investigated, but gave no further details. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference in Beijing that the four residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, had been shot 'on suspicion o…”
“Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who said they were detained on the Chinese side, were sentenced to 12 years' hard labour but were freed in August after four months in captivity, as part of a diplomatic mission spearheaded by former US President B…”
“A US man, Robert Park, was also arrested in December last year, after walking into North Korea across a frozen river. He was released in February.”
“A fourth person was reportedly injured in the incident near the north-eastern border town of Dandong.”
“Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference in Beijing that the four residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, had been shot 'on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities'.”
“At least 11 people have been killed in Iraq in a wave of attacks on people who have opposed insurgents, police say.”
“Gunman Derrick Bird pointed a gun at two police officers during his rampage through Cumbria which left 12 people dead, it has emerged.”
“Because of the sensitivity of many targets in London, more than 2,700 Metropolitan Police officers are authorised to use guns.”
“The Police Federation, external which represents rank-and-file officers, called for a 5% increase in the number authorised to use guns.”
“When it surveyed, external 47,328 members, 82% said they did not want officers to be routinely armed on duty.”
“In April 2004, an ICM poll, external found 47% of the public supporting arming all police, with 48% against.”
“Three years ago, think-tank Policy Exchange, external found 72% of 2,156 adults wanted to see more armed police patrols.”
“after a successful trial in 10 force areas, thousands more of the devices are being issued to new police teams with specialist training.”
“In August 2009 Chief Constable Keith Bristow said the police operation had succeeded in protecting those who attended.”
“Police tried to have the event's licence revoked, citing concerns about "heightened" tension between the Hells Angels and a rival gang, the Outlaws.”
“They feared tension following the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin after the event in 2007 and a riot at Birmingham Airport in 2008.”
“was sentenced to a 26-week jail term”
“was jailed for a further eight weeks.”
“The CPS decided there was only enough evidence in three of the deaths to press murder charges.”
“She was also facing 13 counts of unlawfully administering poison to 12 other patients and another of attempting to murder 42‑year‑old Michael Parker in June 2002.”
“Police say it may be six weeks before the cause of former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable's death is established.”
“About 500 people packed a church to pay their respects to those killed in the Cumbrian shootings.”
“The service at St Begh's Priory in Whitehaven on Monday night, was part of a series of events to mark the murder of 12 people by gunman Derrick Bird.”
“Bird killed his brother and family lawyer before shooting dead ten others and then killing himself.”
“The service came on the same day that Cumbria Police confirmed unarmed officers tried to chase Bird during his shooting rampage but could not stop him.”
“As well as those he killed, Bird also wounded 11 others as he drove for 45 miles through the Cumbrian countryside.”
“Modified crops have been attacked in the past and in 2000 a field of maize being grown in Norfolk was trashed by 28 campaigners including Lord Peter Melchett of Greenpeace.”
“even though under 1% of the 10,300 Muslim prisoners in England and Wales had been convicted of terrorism.”
“Three years ago the Prison Service began training staff to identify and respond to signs of radicalisation.”
“Muslim prisoners were 'too often' seen as potential extremists.”
“Police in southern India have detained hundreds of Tamil demonstrators ahead of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's three-day visit.”
