Johnson Partnership, Legal News

27/01/25

Dr. Patrick Hart, a 38-year-old GP, has been jailed for 12 months after damaging petrol pumps at an M25 service station in a protest supporting Just Stop Oil. Hart, from Bristol, used a hammer, chisel, and orange spray paint to vandalise 16 fuel pumps at Thurrock Motorway Services in Grays, Essex, on August 24, 2022, causing £9,376 in damages. The closure of the forecourt until the following evening led to an additional loss of £1,146 in profits.

18/12/24

Prison authorities have admitted to mistakenly releasing a record number of inmates last year, including sex offenders, violent criminals, and drug dealers.

Most of the errors involved prisoners being released earlier than scheduled. However, in one alarming instance, the wrong individual was set free entirely.

27/11/24

Victims of burglary are waiting up to five years for justice as court delays reach record levels, according to an investigation by a broadsheet newspaper.

Data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reveals that nearly one in ten theft victims, including those affected by burglary, wait over two years between reporting the crime and seeing the perpetrator brought to trial.

29/10/24

Stores across the UK are experiencing a surge in shoplifting, with two thefts reported every minute, according to official data.

The Office for National Statistics reports that thefts reached an all-time high in the year ending June, with 469,788 incidents recorded by police - up nearly 29% from the previous year's total of 365,173 and twice the rate seen during the pandemic in 2020. 

27/09/24