Friday, April 11, 2014

14 year-old sentenced to 6 years in jail for killing his mother's partner

A teenage boy has been sentenced to six years in prison after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of his step-father in Guildford. 14 year-old Jerome Ellis, of Cedar Way in Bellfields, has been sentenced at Guildford Crown Court. 54 year-old Neil Tulley was stabbed to death while he lay sleeping at the family property on Cedar Way. A post-mortem showed he had suffered over 60 knife wounds to the back and neck. Jerome's elder brother, Joshua, 23, was found guilty of Mr Tulley's murder, he will be sentenced on the 22nd May. Meanwhile a Domestic Homicide Review has been launched into whether more could have been done to better protect the family. A police manhunt and public appeal regarding the whereabouts of the two brothers was launched after they went missing following the fatal attack. They handed themselves in at Woking Police Station on the evening of Wednesday, 14 August 2013 where they were both subsequently arrested. Commenting on the sentencing today Detective Chief Inspector Mark Preston said: "This was a tragic case in which a man was fatally injured and two families have been completely devastated as a result. "It has been a distressing case for the jury and the investigation team involved which have had to deal with some particularly traumatic evidence and harrowing accounts." Meanwhile a Domestic Homicide Review has been launched into whether more could have been done to better protect the family.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. moved to Ala. prison

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been moved from the federal prison in North Carolina to a minimum security prison camp in Montgomery. A longtime friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Democratic state Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery, said the Jackson family contacted him Friday night about the 49-year-old former congressman being moved to the federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons' website now lists Jackson as a Montgomery inmate. Jackson is serving a 2 1/2 -year sentence after admitting to illegally using campaign money. The Bureau of Prisons lists his release date as Dec. 31, 2015. The Montgomery camp has housed several government figures over the years, including former Attorney General John Mitchell and former U.S. District Judge Harry Claiborne of Nevada.