Exceptional crimes throw light on ordinary lives

Article Abstract:

It is vital to remain optimistic about the prospects for ensuring that young people in the UK do not move from petty crime towards much more serious criminal acts, such as the murder in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England, of a 71-year-old woman by two 15-year-old girls. Care should be taken to avoid the view that nothing can prevent young people from deprived backgrounds embarking upon a life of crime. Efforts should be made to deflect attention from the exceptional crimes and to focus instead on what can be done to help the majority of young people who go wrong.

United Kingdom, Legal issues & crime, Other Individual and Family Services, Juvenile Delinquents Rehabilitation, Social aspects, Column, Crime, Juvenile offenders, Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, Criminal rehabilitation

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Tragic tale of wasted talent ends in four-year jail sentence

Article Abstract:

Violinist Hannah Thompson, a semi-finalist in the 1992 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to smuggling 3.18kg of cocaine into the UK from Brazil in Nov 1997. Following her arrest, she assisted Customs investigators in capturing trafficker Benneth Iwenofu, an illegal immigrant from Nigeria. He was convicted of smuggling and sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Cases, Drug traffic, Thompson, Hannah

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