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nobody seems to have reported it
My experience is only with features. Perhaps people with news experience can chip in? Until they do, I'd guess that no paper wants to be dominated by crime stories, so they only cover a few of them. And sentencing doesn't have much news value unless it's for a very big story, so it's fitted in around other news when resources permit.
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Again, nobody seems to have reported it, but cunt got 28 years. Came out in court that he had a very long record of violent crime, including battering a cop and breaking a number of bones. He came from a strict Muslim family with 6 or 7 siblings, all of whom went to university, got good jobs and are exemplary citizens. Then there's this wasteman...