“A Kent mother who was jailed for tying up her daughter to stop her buying heroin has lost an appeal against her prison sentence.”
BBC News, 19th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Archive for the 'false imprisonment' Category
Jailed heroin restraint mother Julia Saker loses appeal – BBC News
Published April 20, 2011 appeals , drug abuse , false imprisonment , news , sentencing Leave a CommentEssex arrest error woman gets pay-out from police – BBC News
Published April 15, 2011 compensation , false imprisonment , news , police Leave a Comment“A woman has received compensation from Essex Police after a series of errors led to her being arrested and imprisoned.”
BBC News, 12th April 2011
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Richardson v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police – WLR Daily
Published April 4, 2011 damages , false imprisonment , law reports , police 1 CommentRichardson v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2011] EWHC 773 (QB); [2011] WLR (D) 116
“Before a police officer made an arrest, pursuant to section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, he had to consider, in accordance with the requirements of section 24(4), whether arrest was necessary or whether voluntary attendance at a police station would achieve the objective that he wished to secure.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
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Six people jailed in ‘severed thumb’ case – BBC News
Published March 28, 2011 conspiracy , false imprisonment , kidnapping , murder , news , sentencing Leave a Comment“Six people involved in the abduction, torture and murder of a restaurant worker from Hertfordshire have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th March 2011
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Regina (Lumba (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Same v Same (No 2); Regina (Mighty (Jamaica)) v Same; [On appeal from Regina (WL (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily
Published March 25, 2011 damages , deportation , detention , false imprisonment , law reports Leave a Comment“The unlawful exercise by the Secretary of State of the power to detain foreign national prisoners gave rise to a private law action for the tort of false imprisonment without the need for proof of damage on the part of the prisoners, even though it could be demonstrated that they could and would still have been detained if the power had been lawfully exercised. However, in those circumstances the prisoners had suffered no loss or damage and were entitled to no more than nominal damages.”
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2011
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Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Foreign prisoners win £1 over UK false imprisonment – BBC News
Published March 23, 2011 damages , deportation , false imprisonment , news Leave a Comment“The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Home Office unlawfully imprisoned two foreign national prisoners in a ‘serious abuse of power’.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
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Boss forced to pay £13k to compensate stealing employee – Daily Telegraph
Published February 15, 2011 cautions , compensation , false imprisonment , news , personal injuries , theft Leave a Comment“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
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