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Legal victory is step towards fresh inquest into Jodey Whiting’s death

By John Pring on 12th November 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Legal victory is step towards fresh inquest into Jodey Whiting’s death
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The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped has won a legal victory that could lead to a full examination of whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) caused her daughter’s […]

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Crime

Solicitor general appeals sentences on ‘disability hate crime’ murder
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The solicitor general has agreed to appeal the allegedly “unduly lenient” sentences handed down to three people jailed for offences connected with the murder of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death. But the solicitor general, the Tory […]

Aunt of disabled man tortured to death seeks hate crime sentence appeal

By John Pring on 15th December 2016 Category: Crime

Aunt of disabled man tortured to death seeks hate crime sentence appeal
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The aunt of a disabled man who was imprisoned and tortured to death is asking the attorney general to appeal against the judge’s failure to treat his murder as a disability hate crime. James Wheatley, 29, from Kenton Bar, Newcastle, repeatedly […]

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