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Domestic Violence

April 6th, 2017

Blackmail accused suspended sentence

  A Cannock man who sent a series of menacing messages to his estranged wife and new partner narrowly escaped a lengthy custodial sentence after a judge was persuaded to impose a suspended sentence. The man used a series of social media forums including Facebook live to send the threatening messages. He had earlier pleaded […]

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February 4th, 2017

CPS victimless prosecution successfully defended

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought a victimless prosecution against a client of Sheppards for an alleged assault on her partner. During what was said to have been a medical emergency involving the clients child, two paramedics who had attended the address thought that they had witnessed the client strike her partner to the face.  […]

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