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11 years ago, 14-year-old, severely disabled, Rebecca McKeown died in hospital after developing pneumonia. Five days earlier Rebecca, who was unable to talk, walk or eat unassisted, had been looked after by her grandparents, they were subsequently charged with the manslaughter...
Sheffield police have reported that three men have been arrested for naming the rape victim of Ched Evans on Twitter. Evans, 23, was jailed last week for five years, after being found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman who was deemed to be too drunk to consent.Two men...
During their trial in 2005, a witness was able to give evidence anonymously. The men proceeded to appeal their case to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming that the anonymous oral evidence given by the witness in 2005 was in breach of their right to a fair trial. The...
Following a review, the CPS have said there is now 'sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction'. A further 18 Met officers are also under investigation for racism.In response, the Home Office Minister Lord Henley told his peers yesterday that he did not...
Ken Clarke and David Cameron announced reforms last year to strengthen the rights of homeowners in protecting their property from intruders, and also changes to the the guidance for police on when to arrest a homeowner who has attacked an intruder.As the law currently...
PART II: ASSISTED SUICIDE A. NATURE AND QUALITY Assisting or encouraging another person to die is a criminal offence. The law appears to distinguish between a physician who assists a patient to die and an ordinary individual who assists a friend or loved one to die. The...
In 1893, the then Lord Chief Justice Lord Coleridge wrote: 'a legal common law duty is nothing else than the enforcing by law of that which is a moral obligation without legal enforcement.' In relation to the field of English medical law, the law of abortion and assisted suicide...
The proposed law is an update to an existing one and would also prohibit anyone from producing or selling software that could be used for such an attack. The move could have the unfortunate effect of making it impossible for companies to build software to test its own security,...
Reuters reported that in a deal with prosecutors, Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer. Whilst no details of the deal have been released, it was enough to persuade Kretsinger to retract his earlier...
The girl, who went missing for more than two hours in Stockton-on-Tees, suffered 'serious but non-life threatening injuries' said Cleveland Police. She was taken to a specialist paediatric unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where she is being examined.A...
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