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A ‘SELFISH’ woman was disowned by the family she ‘tore apart’ after she carried out credit card frauds against her own mum and daughter. Debt-ridden and shunned, Zoe Hayes sobbed in the dock as she was given a suspended jail senten
Zoe Hayes A ‘SELFISH’ woman was disowned by the family she ‘tore apart’ after she carried out credit card frauds against her own mum and daughter. Debt-ridden and shunned, Zoe Hayes sobbed in the dock as she was given a suspended jail sentence at Worcester Crown Court on October 16 last year.
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Ellie, just 17, was murdered at her home in Calne by Thomas Griffiths last year. Current guidelines state that if a weapon is taken to a murder scene, then sentence lengths will start at 25 years, but if the weapon is already at the crime scene, then that is reduced to 15 years. Ellie s mother, Carole Gould, has told the BBC: These cases. are happening all the time, and yet the government is simply not interested in changing sentencing so the punishment fits the crime. The Ministry of Justice responded: All murder rightly carries a life sentence and it is for judges to decide the minimum prison term.