November 10th, 2009
A judge has ordered a shop assistant to pay personal injury compensation out of his wages to a man he attacked at a railway station.
Joshua Preece, 19, admitted charges of actual bodily harm over the incident in which he punched and stamped on Matthew Hale in an argument over a girl, reports the South Wales Echo.
At Cardiff Crown Court, Judge Stephen Hopkins took account of Preece’s previous good character to allow him to escape being sent to a young offenders’ institution.
Instead he was ordered to pay personal injury compensation of £250 at a rate of £10 per week.
Preece, of Bridgend, will also have to carry out 120 hours of community service as part of his punishment.
The incident occurred in February this year at Pencoed Railway Station.
Earlier this year, John Guest of Poole was awarded £1,000 in personal injury compensation after he was attacked by Christopher Watts in his own home.
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November 9th, 2009
A man has been awarded £1.4 million in compensation after suffering a stroke following his wrongful imprisonment for murder.
Ellis Sherwood had spent 11 years in jail after being convicted of murdering a Cardiff newsagent in 1988.
The compensation was awarded to him by the Home Office after it was proven in court that his stroke was a direct result of the drug abuse he took part in during his time in prison, reports the South Wales Echo.
Mr Sherwood has previously been given compensation by the South Wales Police for the miscarriage of justice he suffered.
In October 2006 he received £200,000 from the police force after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Last week, the Lowestoft Journal reported that Suffolk Constabulary have paid out almost £600,000 in compensation claims against them in the past five years.
The claims included cases of wrongful arrest, physical injury and damage to property.
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