Pages On: Criminal Injury and Assault
For the most part, Britain is a safe place. However, violent crime is a real and present danger and can cause serious damage to victims of criminal assault. If you have been injured by a criminal, there is a scheme set up to help victims claim compensation. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is set up to help, and our team of solicitors can guide you through the process of claiming, and build a successful case for you.
Violent inmate launches vicious attack on prison officer
Posted: 1 May 2016
Posted in: Arm Injury, Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Workplace Injuries
A senior prison officer, who was working in the Segregation Unit at HMP Swaleside in Kent’s Eastchurch, has finally received compensation following being forced out of his job due to a violent attack by an inmate. Iain Fleming suffered horrendous physical injuries as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) whilst working in the canteen. An inmate lunged at one of his colleagues brandishing two sharpened plastic knives, and attempted to stab him in the head. Mr Fleming rushed to restrain the inmate and found himself instead being stabbed and attacked. The inmate stabbed the…
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Disability support worker guilty of assaulting autistic woman
Posted: 31 January 2016
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Medical Negligence, Neck Injuries
Support worker Rachel Portsmouth has been found guilty of placing her hands around the neck of 20-year-old Chante Johnson and of hitting her with a slipper. Chante who has special needs and requires 24 hour care is a resident at Pegasus School, in Caldwell. She suffers from severe autism and has great difficulty communicating. She has no decision making capacity and a very limited awareness of danger. She can also be prone to violent outbursts. The offence took place on 21 February 2015. “This was a very severe matter” 40-year-old Portsmouth from Sycamore Road,…
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Criminal Injury Claims for Compensation in Bristol
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault
Were you in the wrong place at the wrong time? Were you injured due to a criminal act or violent assault? If you were hurt or injured through no fault of your own, then you could be eligible for criminal injury compensation via the government CICA scheme with the help of our solicitors**. In line with FCA Regulations, you are entitled to make a claim free of charge directly to the CICA, without the use of a solicitor. You have 2 years to file the claim, and the crime in…
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Man seriously injures three strangers
Posted: 30 December 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Restaurant Accidents
A man has been charged after punching three strangers in the face as they left a bar in Plymouth. 25-year-old Dominic Shorten assaulted the individuals in an unprovoked attack, knocking one of them unconscious. Mr Shorten admitted the three counts of assault against Mr Alexander, Ross Pettitt and James Spingnall on 17 September at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court. Claire Tresidder, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said that the three men had been walking towards Boomerangs at around 10pm when the assaults happened. Mr Shorten confronted the men and punched Mr Alexander in…
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No charges following nightclub crushing deaths
Posted: 19 October 2014
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Public Place Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
It has been decided that no criminal charges will be made following the deaths of two women in a nightclub crush in 2011. 22-year-old Nabila Nanfuka and 19-year-old Laurene-Danielle Jackson were both out at Lava & Ignite in Northampton on the 18th of October 2011. Around 1,500 had been in the nightclub when the crush happened during the “Wickedest Wickedest” event. Most of the clubbers had been university students who had travelled to the event on coaches. Three years following the incident, it has been ruled that no charges can…
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Negligent doctors and nurses could face jail
Posted: 16 November 2013
Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Medical Negligence
The government has proposed new legislation that will see willful negligence being treated as a criminal offence under NHS changes that are to be revealed next week. This decision has been made following the recent Mid Staffordshire scandal and others similar, which will see those guilty of “willful neglect” being sentenced to jail. If found guilty, the offence will be punishable by up to five years in prison under the Mental Capacity Act. Despite many seeing this as a step in the right direction for the NHS, Doctors’ Leaders fear…
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