Custody image of John Berry. Picture: Essex Police
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A man who strangled and beat his ex-partner in Dunmow has had his prison sentence increased after an intervention by the government s chief legal advisor.
John Berry, 32, of Mansfield Mews, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, broke into his ex-partner s home on July 24, 2017.
He left her with seven fractures to her face and a ruptured spleen.
Berry was jailed for nine years at Chelmsford Crown Court in November 2020, but his sentence was found to be unduly lenient after the Attorney General personally took the case to the Court of Appeal.
Essex man jailed for longer following personal intervention by the Attorney General
John Berry has had his sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP, who personally presented the case at the Court of Appeal.
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7 May 2021
A man who remorselessly attacked his former partner in her home has had his sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP, who personally presented the case at the Court of Appeal.
John Berry, 32, had been in a relationship with the victim and following his release from prison on a separate charge, Berry started visiting his former partner at her home in Essex.
The Kenora Jail
THUNDER BAY Two of seven inmates involved in the hostage-taking of a correctional officer at the Kenora jail in 2018 each entered guilty pleas to various charges stemming from the 2018 incident this week.
On Wednesday, April 7, Travis Polkinghorne, 30, pleaded guilty to a string of charges arising from an incident that took place more than two years ago at the Kenora Jail where a correctional officer was beaten, dragged and held captive by a prisoner with a shank as other inmates made demands for drugs in exchange for his release.
Polkinghorne pleaded guilty to hostage-taking, two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, disarming a peace officer, possession of a prohibited weapon, and uttering threats to cause death. He was handed a six-year jail sentence.
Instead, his torment will arrive in increments.
The 48-year-old Oshawa double killer will be doing hell on the instalment plan.
A timeshare of terror and turmoil only likely to end with a pine box and a one-way ticket to a penitentiary potter’s field.
Strong was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2017 dismemberment slaying of Rori Hache, 18, and manslaughter for the 2008 death of Kandis Fitzpatrick, 19. Adam Strong Photo by File photo /FACEBOOK
A sentencing hearing will take place April 21-22.
Noted Toronto criminal lawyer Monte MacGregor looked into the crystal ball and is predicting four walls and iron bars for the remainder of Strong’s life.
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