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“A tribunal has ruled a second counter-terrorism detainee, known only as ‘OO’, should be released.”

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BBC News, 9th May 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“An extremist Muslim cleric regarded as Osama bin Laden’s ’spiritual ambassador in Europe’ must be released on bail, a judge ruled yesterday.”

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The Times, 9th May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“A ban on paedophiles being housed in hostels near schools undermined public protection, a report has said.”

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BBC News, 28th March 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A serial petty thief convicted for the 175th time at a total cost to the taxpayer of more than £700,000, has been spared jail despite carrying out her latest crime while on bail.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Tighter curbs on the granting of bail to suspects in murder cases and other crimes is called for in a report being considered by ministers, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 26th March 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“One in six murders was committed last year by someone who was out on bail for another offence, figures disclosed suggest.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“A police inspector who was bailed on a charge of murdering his wife and then went on to shoot his mother-in-law may have been planning to kill other members of his family, an inquest heard yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 19th March 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“A man who jumped from a court dock to escape custody was tackled to the ground by a police officer, a judge heard before jailing him for 28 months.”

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BBC News, 5th March 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“Scores of murder suspects have been freed on bail after being charged, according to new government figures which yesterday prompted Tory calls for the introduction of tougher bail laws.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“The brother of a man who is thought to have killed himself and his mother-in-law while awaiting trial will not lose his £200,000 bail bond.”

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BBC News, 18th February 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A judge released a senior police officer accused of murder on bail despite feeling it was a ‘very borderline decision’, it was revealed today.”

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The Independent, 31st January 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“A judge’s decision to grant bail to a murder suspect was ‘properly conducted’ a coroner has said.”

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BBC News, 29th January 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to meet the family of a murdered man to discuss why his killer was out on bail.”

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BBC News, 25th January 2008

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“Two high-profile cases have focused public attention on a defendant’s right to bail.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 24th January 2008

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

“Almost 75,000 violent crime suspects, including 10,000 sex offenders, were freed on bail last year.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“The leader of the gang that kicked and beat Garry Newlove to death was released on bail despite having admitted to carrying out seven separate offences in the year leading up to the murder.”

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The Guardian, 18th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Jack Straw came to the defence of judges and magistrates faced with controversial bail decisions last night, as it emerged that a teenager who killed Garry Newlove had been bailed ten hours earlier.”

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The Times, 18th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The Attorney General will not investigate a judge who freed a Met Police inspector who then apparently killed himself and his mother-in-law.”

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BBC News, 15th January 2008

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“A judge who freed a policeman accused of murdering his wife, enabling him apparently to kill again, said yesterday that he could not remember why he had granted bail.”

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The Times, 15th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The Ministry of Justice said last night it will urgently review its guidance to judges in the wake of the tragic consequences of a decision to grant bail to a senior police officer accused of murdering his wife.”

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The Guardian, 14th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

A teenager who stabbed a friend to death after a drunken party should have been under curfew and wearing an electronic tag, it was disclosed yesterday.

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Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Council publishes advice to sentencers on bail offences.”

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Sentencing Guidelines Council, 29th November 2007

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk/

Gault v United Kingdom (Application No 127/05)

European Court of Human Rights

“The Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland was in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights in refusing bail, when the prosecution did not object, to a mother of triplets pending retrial on a charge of murder.”

The Times, 28th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note: the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication

“A bail hearing this week involving one of two men alleged to be involved in a gay sex-and-drugs blackmail plot will be held in private — against the principle of open justice in the courts.”

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The Times, 30th October 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Michael Barrymore is to answer bail later after he was quizzed by police over the death of a man found dead by a swimming pool at his former home.”

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BBC News, 9th September 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A man charged in connection with the failed 21 July 2005 bombings in London has been committed for trial.”

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BBC News, 16th August 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“Breaches of court-imposed bail curfews involving electronic tags quadrupled last year while attempts to remove or tamper with them nearly doubled, according to new figures.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk