Law and Rights
Angela Gordon, the mother of Khyra Ishaq has been jailed for 15 years and Junaid Abuhamza (the mother's partner) has been sentenced to indefinite imprisonment but with a minimum term of seven and a half years. Both were convicted of manslaughter. Refusing to classify their appalling conduct as "neglect" (which, clearly, it went way beyond), Mr Justice Roderick Evans referred to their treatment of Khyra as "chilling in its harshness and cruelty". The Independent 12th March.
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Law and Laywers also referred to the case of Mr Nick Hogan jailed for non payment of fines imposed for breaches relating to the smoking ban in public houses. It seems that money was raised from the public and that he has now been released. Manchester Evening News 10th March 2010.
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Law and Rights
Outcomes of cases
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Law and Laywers also referred to the case of Mr Nick Hogan jailed for non payment of fines imposed for breaches relating to the smoking ban in public houses. It seems that money was raised from the public and that he has now been released. Manchester Evening News 10th March 2010.
- Murder: Crown Court At Preston ~ R V Cregan, Livesey, Gorman, Wilkinson, Ward And Ali
At the Crown Court (Preston) after a 77 day trial before Holroyde J and a jury, a sentence of imprisonment for life with a whole life term has been imposed on Dale Cregan. He is guilty of four murders (including two Police Officers in September...
- Child Protection: The Munro (interim) Report
In June 2010, Professor Eileen Munro was asked by the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove MP) to conduct a review of Child Protection arrangements. To date, Professor Munro has produced two reports: The Munro Review of Child Protection:...
- The Smoking Ban: Former Landlord Jailed
The Health Act 2006 sets out to prohibit smoking in certain premises, places and vehicles. A former landlord of a Bolton public house was fined for 4 offences of breaching his duty (under section 8) to prevent persons from smoking in the pub. ...
- The Khyra Ishaq Case: Yet Another Avoidable Tragedy
Khyra Ishaq was aged 7 when she starved to death in squalid conditions in Birmingham. Khyra's siblings have been the subject of care proceedings and the judge, Mrs Justice King, concluded that, in all probability, Khyra would not have died had...
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