august, 2013, alex henry went shopping with three friends.at lasted just over 40 seconds. it is not clear why it took place. it may have been triggered by a stare. one young man used a knife from within a bag and stabbed two brothers, one of whom tragically lost his life. on the sixth day of the trial, the man with the knife beaded guilty to murder with intent and was sentenced to 22 years. —— pleaded. alex henry got 90 years despite never touching the knife or even being aware of its existence. only four years left. —— 19. even being aware of its existence. only four years left. -- 19. we can ring an only four years left. --19. we can ring an end to this horrendous disproportionate knight, a stain on jurisprudence. —— bring. 40 seconds can lead to 12 years! someone who just happens to be in a group of people can find themselves facing the best part of their young life in prison for something they could not stop, even if they wanted to. it is often said, deputy speaker, that the house is at its worst when it is unanimous, when we agreed, this

sally halsall‘s son alex henry was convicted in 201a forjoint enterprise murder.arlier, sally said she wrongly believed the law change would see fewer cases being brought to trial using the law. i thought they'll get it through the appeals court quickly. he'll come home. and so will all of the other prisoners, all 750 of them, we support. not guilty by association. that hasn't happened because you have had to prove that there was a substantial injustice. how difficult is that prove? it is an impossibly high legal burden. usually where there has been an error of trial, the court of appeal will look to see if the conviction is on safe. —— if the conviction is unsafe. that means looking and understanding whether it might reasonably have made a difference to the jury's verdict. but the court will look to see whether the defendant, the appellant, has proved that the change in the law 100% would have made a difference. under the current law you can be convicted for your mere presence at the scene. if presence continues to be enough, how can we prove the change in the la

henry bolton is under pressure to resign after his girlfriend was suspended for making offensive remarks about meghan markle. the leader hasn't made any comment. here's our political correspondent, alextook over as ukip leader, he promised a new direction. we asa leader, he promised a new direction. we as a party are a party of leaders. just four months into the job, there are already questions over his future. it relates to his relationship with this woman — jo marni. the mail on sunday revealed text messages she sent in which he said meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. and she called black people ugly. in a statement, she reportedly said her comments were unnecessary, reckless and overly exaggerated for effect, and offered her sincere and deepest apologies to anyone she had hurt, and for the distress and embarrassment caused to family, friends and the party. she has been suspended, and some ukip members think their leader should quit.|j don't want to talk about his personal life. it's entirely up to him. but it is impacting on activists now, and they are working down hard, and it's not fair on them and the rest of us. henry, do the right thing, the hono

sally halsall‘s son alex henry was convicted in 2014 forjoint enterprise murder.n. that hasn't happened because you have had to prove that there was a substantial injustice. how difficult is that prove? it is an impossibly high legal burden. usually where there has been an error of trial. the court of appeal will look to see if the conviction is on safe. that means looking at vieira and understanding whether it might reasonably have made a difference to the jury's verdict. but the court will look to see whether the defendant, the appellant, has proved that the change in the law 100% would have made a difference. under the current law you can be convicted for your mere presence at the scene. if presence continues to be enough, how can we prove the change in the law would have made a difference? why is it required for an appeal to prove substantial injustice for the joint enterprise law, as opposed to any other criminal offence? they look at the principle of certainty. the idea is that there is a final point where the law is the law and nobody can appeal past that p

now let‘s talk to sally halsall — mum of alex henry who was convicted in 2014 for the joint enterpriseh for coming onto the programme. i want to ta ke coming onto the programme. i want to take you back, first of all, to what clive was telling us about. when the supreme court, the highest in the land, ruled that this law had been wrongly interpreted for more than 30 yea rs, wrongly interpreted for more than 30 years, what did you think would happen with your son‘s case, convicted of murder on joint enterprise and serving a very long prison sentence? i thought he would come home. that it would be as simple as that? i thought, they will get it through the appeal court quickly, he will come home. and so will all the other prisoners, all 750 of them that we support in our campaign group. and that hasn't happened, charlotte, because you have had to prove that there was a substantial injustice. how difficult is that to prove? it is an incredibly high legal burden, impossibly high, usually when there has been an error at trial, and the court of appeal will look to see the conviction is unsafe,

its leader henry bolton has been under pressure since news broke of his relationship with an ex—model and the racist messages she had sent. alexsyth reported on the story for the news that one on monday. despite growing pressure, he says he is not going anywhere. henry bolton is insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the pa rty‘s leading ukip, even though the party's ruling body says he should quit and now a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. sheila grant was watching that and wondered, why on earth is ukip the lead story on the news that one reporting live from westminster? this party has no mps and following the referendum no longer has any relevance in this country as can be seen by the haemorrhaging of their support and co nsta ntly leaving haemorrhaging of their support and constantly leaving leaders. by by the end of the week much of the media's focus had switched to switzerland where many of the well‘s business leaders and heads of state we re business leaders and heads of state were meeting at the world economic forum in davos. the bbc were there in force, but some felt that co

alex forsyth. it was only last september that henry bolton got ukip‘s top job, promising to focus on brexit. of leaders. in fact, he was the party's fourth leader in a year and now there are questions about his personal life and political future. his girlened, jo marni, has been suspended from ukip for making offensive comments and some in the party think it is cause for him to resign. all we see, week after week, is henry's personal issues, which frankly no—one cares about, but where is the substance, where is the policy? i think as long as this story runs, our party becomes weaker and his leadership becomes weaker and untenable. in a series of text messages reported by the mail on sunday, jo marni, called black people ugly and said meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. in a statement she later said her comments had been "unnecessary, reckless and exaggerated for effect", and offered sincere and deepest apologies to anyone she'd hurt and for the distress and embarrassment caused to family, friends and the party, presumably, including her boyfriend. henry is increa

alex forsyth has this report. despite the clamour of voices calling for him to go, henry bolton emerged today with a defiant messageot be resigning as party leader. instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be calling for the coordination and mobilisation of all leave campaign is, to ensure that the government delivers full independence from the european union in all areas of government and administration. and under the media gaze, and inflammatory statement too, for the next four weeks or so until the whole party votes on his fate, he says he wants to shake up ukip. whole party votes on his fate, he says he wants to shake up ukipm is now time to put an end to the factional infighting that has been going on within the party for some time, and to remove those who have been part of that. in a single phrase, it is time to drain the swamp. a string of senior ukip figures have quit in protest at their leader staying on, eluding margaret parker, who stepped down as deputy leader, mike cook has quit as assistant deputy, tim aker, david kirton, front man for education, william dartmouth has given up his job as trade spo

henry bolton's refusal to quit as leader — following a string of revelations about his private life — even though the party executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. our political correspondent alexysth, reports. i'm not making any comment. despite growing pressure, he says he's not going anywhere, henry bolton insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the ruling body says he should quit and now, a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. including margot parker, who stepped down as deputy leader, mike hookem has quit as assistant deputy, tim aker, as local government spokesman, david curtin, as front man for education, william dartmouth has given up his job as trade spokesman, and john bickley has walked away from his role with immigration. if he hangs around politics, given what has happened and the nature of everything that has happened, it will not be good for him or everyone he is with. my advice would be, look, henry, we don't want to keep arguing with you and causing you any more trouble, why don't you just go and sort out your personal life. it is over his relationship with 25—year—old jo marney, he says it is over after she had to apologi

its leader, henry bolton, has been under pressure since news broke of his relationship with ex—model jo marney and the racist messages she had sent. alexg anywhere. henry bolton's insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the party's ruling body says he should quit and now a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. sheila grant was watching and wandered: —— wondered. and dave noble agreed: by the end of the week, much of the media's focus had switched to switzerland, where many of the world's business leaders and heads of state were meeting at the world economic forum, in davos. the bbc were there in force, but will wake felt that the coverage concentrated too much on the global elite and not enough on the economic realities of people's lives: on thursday, bbc news reported on the sharp rise in serious violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales. here's home affairs correspondent tom simmons on the bbc news at six. behind the statistics, wasted lives. a decade after meschak cornelio tried out the bike he'd been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london

alex forsyth has this report. despite the clamour of voices calling for him to go, henry bolton emerged today with a defiant messagell not be resigning as party leader. instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be calling for the co—ordination and mobilisation of all leave campaigns, to ensure that the government delivers full independence from the european union in all areas of government and administration. and under the media gaze, an inflammatory statement too, for the next four weeks or so until the whole party votes on his fate, he says he wants to shake up ukip. it is now time to put an end to the factional infighting that has been going on within the party for some time, and to remove those who have been part of that. in a single phrase, it is time to drain the swamp. a string of senior ukip figures have quit in protest at their leader staying on, including margot parker, who stepped down as deputy leader, mike hookem has quit as assistant deputy, tim aker mep, david kurten, front man for education, william dartmouth has given up his job as trade spokesman, and john bickley has walked away from his immig

henry bolton's refusal to quit as leader, following a string of revelations about his private life — even though the party executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. our political correspondent alexorysth, is at westminster. over the course of the weekend and over the course of the morning, one after another, senior figures in ukip have walked away from their positions on the front bench in protest at the decision by henry bolton to stay on, they say his personal life has become too much of a distraction and he has to go. the question now is how long he can hang on in his post and only this morning henry bolton told me he has no plans to resign i'm not making any comment. despite growing pressure, he says he's not going anywhere, henry bolton insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the ruling body says he should quit and now, a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. including margot parker, he stepped down as deputy leader, mike hookem has quit as assistant deputy, tim aker, as local government spokesman, david curtin, as front man for education, william dartmouth has given up his job education, william dartmouth has given up hisjob as educati

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