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Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Six members of Russian spy ring to have ‘too lenient' jail sentences reviewed
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SIX members of a Russian spy ring are to have their jail sentences reviewed for being too lenient, we can reveal. The Bulgarians — who lived and worked in the UK — plotted sex stings, and targeted Russian dissidents and journalists critical of President Vladimir Putin's war effort against Ukraine. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Russian Spy Vanya Gaberova was sentenced to eight years in jail Credit: Reuters 7 The operations was run out of a Great Yarmouth guesthouse Credit: PA The ring included lab worker Katrin Ivanova, 33, and beauty shop owner Vanya Gaberova, 30 — dubbed 'killer sexy brunettes' by cell leaders. Ivanova got nine years and eight months and Gaberova eight years. They were both found guilty in March of breaching the Official Secrets Act by conspiring to provide information useful to an enemy between August 2020 and February 2023. Ivanova also got a concurrent sentence of 15 months for forged ID documents. read more on russia BRAND OF EVIL Ukrainian PoW released in swap left with 'Glory to Russia' burned on his body All six got a total of more than 50 years last month. The Attorney General's Office has been asked to consider the sentences under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The ULS scheme allows anyone to ask for a Crown Court sentence to be assessed by the Attorney General's office if they think it is too lenient. Law officers have 28 days from sentencing to make a decision. 7 Katrin Ivanova was sentenced to nine years and eight months Credit: Central News 7 Orlin Roussev ran the spy ring Credit: PA 7 Ivan Iliev Stoyanov was convicted of carrying out surveillance for Putin 7 Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev was also jailed for his part in the spy ring Credit: PA 7 Biser Dzhambazov was convicted as part of the ring Credit: PA Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
BBC News
11-02-2025
- BBC News
Isle of Wight child sex offender's sentence to be reviewed
Government law officers are considering whether a suspended sentence handed to a child sex offender may have been too Huckle, from Cowes, avoided jail after being convicted of possessing and distributing indecent images of 20-year-old, who was sentenced at Isle of Wight Crown Court on Friday, was handed a 16-month jail term, suspended for two Attorney General's office confirmed it had received a request for the sentence to be considered under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. In addition to the suspended sentence, Huckle was ordered to undertake a 26-day programme, a 10-day rehabilitation activity and 180 hours of unpaid the government scheme, anyone can ask for a crown court sentence to be reviewed if they think it is too short.A statement from the Attorney General's office said: "Only one referral is needed for a case to be considered and the law officers have 28 days from sentencing to consider the case and make a decision." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
The Independent
27-01-2025
- The Independent
Ex-nursery worker could have sentence for allowing daughter's death increased
A woman who wheeled her daughter's body around in a pram could have her sentence for allowing the youngster's death increased at the Court of Appeal as 'unduly lenient'. Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, was jailed for 10 years in December last year after pleading guilty to child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of her two-year-old daughter, Isabella Wheildon, at the hands of her partner, Scott Jeff. The pair then continued to wheel Isabella's body around in a pushchair before leaving her in a bathroom at a hostel for the homeless in Ipswich in June 2023. Passing sentence, Mr Justice Garnham described the former nursery worker as a 'weak and spineless person' who 'stood back and let that abuse and violence happen to your little girl'. But Gleason-Mitchell's sentence could now be increased after Solicitor General Lucy Rigby agreed to refer the case to the Court of Appeal following a request from shadow safeguarding minister Alicia Kearns. In a letter to Ms Kearns, Ms Rigby said she was 'shocked and deeply saddened' by the 'horrific crime', and had decided there were 'sufficient legal grounds to conclude that the sentence would likely be increased by the Court of Appeal'. Ms Kearns said: 'Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell failed to protect her child from Scott Jeff, who horrifically abused and brutally murdered her child. 'No punishment will ever make up for their heinous actions, let alone their depraved behaviour in the days following her murder visiting the pub and pushing her lifeless body around the shops. 'I thank the Solicitor General for accepting my request to refer Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell's paltry sentence to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient. 'Isabella Wheildon did not deserve the awful abuse that she suffered: 36 days of beatings and being given drugs. Her killers deserve to never see the light of day again. 'Any spineless individual who stands by as a child is murdered should spend decades behind bars. I hope the Court of Appeal will agree and finally give Isabella the justice she deserves.' Jeff, also 24, was convicted of Isabella's murder and handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 26 years for what the judge described as a 'cruel campaign of violence and abuse which ended in her death'. Ms Kearns had also asked for Jeff's sentence to be reviewed, but the Solicitor General declined to refer his case to the Court of Appeal, saying it did not meet the 'very high' threshold for a review. The Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme allows any member of the public to ask the Attorney General's Office to review a sentence they believe is too lenient. If the Law Officers – the Attorney General and Solicitor General – agree the sentence appears unduly lenient, they can ask the Court of Appeal to review the sentence. It is then up to the Court of Appeal to decide whether to hear the case and, if it does, whether the sentence should be increased.
