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      • Sgt Nightingale – ‘just and fair’ to reduce his sentence
      • R v Nightingale appeal judgment
      • Sgt Nightingale: What is the basis for reducing his sentence?
      • Sgt Danny Nightingale refused permission to appeal conviction
      • Danny Nightingale retrial sentence – 2 years imprisonment (suspended) – updated
      • Sgt Nightingale re-trial – Defence case is that weapon and ammunition were planted
      • Sgt Nightingale wins sentence appeal – Immediate release
      • Why it doesn’t matter if Sgt Nightingale ‘forgot’ he had the weapon
      • Sgt Nightingale – Is his sentence too short?
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      • Discharging the Pryce jury – Will Sweeney J’s decision prove costly?
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      • Chris Huhne – what’s his future in politics?
      • Huhne & Pryce costs judgment released
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      • Anonymity for complainants in sex cases
      • Jeremy Forrest Sentenced – 5½ years (updated)
      • Jeremy Forrest – Guilty of abduction
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UK Criminal Law Blog

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Editors
    • Aims
    • Terms of use
  • Fact Sheets
    • The Criminal Courts
      • Overview – Mags’ and Crown Courts
      • The Magistrates’ Court – The First Appearance
      • The Court Martial
      • Youth Court
    • Juries
      • Jury Selection
      • What does a jury do in the trial?
      • No Case to Answer
      • How do Juries decide a case?
      • Should juries give reasons?
      • What happens if juries can’t agree?
      • Jury Nullification – do the right thing?
    • Offences
      • Driving
        • Causing death by dangerous driving
        • Death by driving: Careless or Dangerous?
        • Driving while Disqualified
        • Guide to driving offences and their penalties – Banner Jones Solicitors
      • Indecent images / extreme pornography offences
      • Gross Negligence Manslaughter
      • Offences of Dishonesty
        • Benefit Fraud
        • Burglary
        • Robbery
        • Theft
      • Public Order
      • Violent offences against the person
        • Common assault
        • Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH)
        • Grievous bodily harm/unlawful wounding
        • Wounding or GBH with Intent
    • Criminal Procedure
      • At the Police Station
      • The Police Interview
      • Bail
      • The Code for Crown Prosecutors
      • Classification of Offences
      • Fitness to Plead
      • Credit for Pleading Guilty
      • Crown Court Trial
      • Appeals from the Magistrates’ Court
      • Appeals from the Crown Court
      • Attorney General’s References
    • Sentencing
      • Cautions – Adults
      • Concurrent or consecutive sentences? – Sentencing for multiple offences
      • Deportation of foreign criminals
      • Fixed Penalty Notices
      • Prison Sentences
        • Overview – prison sentences
        • Life Sentences I (mandatory)
        • Life Sentences II (discretionary)
        • Life Sentences III (automatic)
        • Life Sentences IV (Release from)
        • 2012 Extended Sentences (Extended Determinate Sentence)
        • Suspended Sentences
        • Mandatory Sentences
        • Time on Remand
        • Prison Categorisation
        • Which Prison does someone go to?
        • Repealed Sentencing Powers
          • IPP
          • Extended Sentence
          • Worked examples of IPP/Extended Sentences
      • Non-Custodial Sentences
        • Community Orders
        • Discharges
        • Fines
        • Hospital Orders
      • Youth Sentencing
        • Youth Rehabilitation Orders
        • Custodial Sentence for Youths
      • Ancillary Orders on Sentencing
        • ASBOs
        • Compensation Orders
        • Costs
        • Criminal Behaviour Orders
        • Criminal Courts Charge
        • Sex Offenders Register
        • Sexual Harm Prevention Orders
        • Sexual Offences Prevention Orders (SOPOs)
        • Victim Surcharge
      • Guidelines
        • Sentencing Council – The background
        • How sentencing guidelines operate
        • Do the guidelines actually work?
      • Release
        • When will a prisoner be released?
        • Release from custodial sentences (including licences)
        • Home Detention Curfew Scheme
        • Life Sentences IV (Release from)
      • Principles
        • Anonymity for complainants in sex cases
        • Concurrent or consecutive sentences? – Sentencing for multiple offences
        • Disparity of sentence
        • Equivocal pleas
        • Joint enterprise
        • Self defence
      • Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
      • What is restorative justice? 
  • High-profile Cases
    • Stuart Hall I (2013)
      • Stuart Hall – Att-Gen’s Ref Judgement Released
      • Stuart Hall – Attorney General’s Reference Against ‘Lenient’ 15 Month Sentence
      • Stuart Hall’s 15 Month Sentence Referred To The Court Of Appeal By Attorney General
      • Stuart Hall Sentenced To 15 Months
      • Stuart Hall To Be Stripped Of His OBE
    • Sgt Danny Nightingale
      • Sgt Nightingale convicted at retrial
      • Sgt Nightingale fails in abuse of process application – retrial goes ahead
      • Sgt Nightingale – conviction quashed with a retrial directed
      • Sgt Danny Nightingale conviction appeal hearing – 13 March 2013
      • Sgt Nightingale – ‘just and fair’ to reduce his sentence
      • R v Nightingale appeal judgment
      • Sgt Nightingale: What is the basis for reducing his sentence?
      • Sgt Danny Nightingale refused permission to appeal conviction
      • Danny Nightingale retrial sentence – 2 years imprisonment (suspended) – updated
      • Sgt Nightingale re-trial – Defence case is that weapon and ammunition were planted
      • Sgt Nightingale wins sentence appeal – Immediate release
      • Why it doesn’t matter if Sgt Nightingale ‘forgot’ he had the weapon
      • Sgt Nightingale – Is his sentence too short?
      • Sgt Nightingale – background information
    • Huhne and Pryce
      • R v Huhne and Pryce – A brief chronology
      • R v Huhne and Pryce – The key information
      • R v Huhne and Pryce – What is the likely sentence?
      • Andrew Keogh – guest post on the Chris Huhne case
      • Discharging the Pryce jury – Will Sweeney J’s decision prove costly?
      • Chris Huhne pleads to perverting the course of justice
      • Chris Huhne (8 months) and Vicky Pryce (8 months) sentenced for perverting the course of justice
      • Huhne and Pryce – The argument FOR imprisonment
      • Huhne and Pryce – The argument AGAINST imprisonment
      • Huhne and Pryce released after serving 2 months of 8-month sentences – Why?
      • Chris Huhne – what’s his future in politics?
      • Huhne & Pryce costs judgment released
    • Jeremy Forrest
      • Questions and Answers on Forrest and Hall
      • Anonymity for complainants in sex cases
      • Jeremy Forrest Sentenced – 5½ years (updated)
      • Jeremy Forrest – Guilty of abduction
    • Neil Wilson
      • Neil Wilson – judgment in ‘predatory’ case
      • Neil Wilson’s sentence referred to Court of Appeal by Attorney-General
      • Office for Judicial Complaints receives complaints about ‘predatory’ remarks
      • Paedophile receives suspended sentence after admitting sex with 13 year-old “predatory” school girl
    • Dave Lee Travis
      • Dave Lee Travis acquitted of historic sexual offences
      • Dave Lee Travis sentenced to 3-month suspended sentence
    • Max Clifford
      • Max Clifford charged with historic sexual offences
      • Max Clifford – Guilty verdicts in historic sex cases
      • Max Clifford Sentenced – 8 years
      • Max Clifford appeals 8-year sentence for sex offences: Preview
    • Stuart Hall II (2014)
      • Stuart Hall charged with 16 offences
      • Stuart Hall pleads guilty to one count of indecent assault
      • Stuart Hall on trial for historic sex offences
      • Stuart Hall not guilty of rape
      • Stuart Hall sentenced to 2.5 yrs for two counts of indecent assault
    • Rolf Harris
      • Rolf Harris stands trial for historic sex offences
      • Rolf Harris : Attorney-General won’t be appealing the sentence
      • Rolf Harris applies for permission to appeal against his convictions for indecent assault
  • A View From…
    • An Offender
      • …The Police Interview Room
      • …The Magistrates’ Court dock
      • …The Cell
      • …The Crown Court dock – Pleading Guilty
      • …The Crown Court Dock – Being Sentenced
    • A Police Officer
      • A Typical Friday Night
        • Part I
        • Part II
        • Part III
        • Part IV
      • An Officer Interviewing A Suspect
        • Part I
        • Part II
      • An Undercover Cop
        • Part I
        • Part II
    • A Magistrate
      • …The Magistrates’ Court bench: The appointment and role of a JP
    • A Solicitor
  • Archives
  • Glossary

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