Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [vb pp] guilty " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former financial consultant who lost almost two million pounds of his clients ' money has been found guilty of seven charges of theft and fraud . |
| 2 | Ali Shoukeir has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of |
| 3 | Frederick Stebbing FCA of 30 Aldridge Rise , New Malden , Surrey having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-Law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in the Crown Court on 24 July 1991 pleaded guilty to an offence of dealing in securities of a company as a prohibited person contrary to Section 1(2) of the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 was censured and ordered to pay £350 by way of costs . |
| 4 | A former financial consultant has been found guilty of two charges of fraud . |
| 5 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council has been found guilty of maladministration leading to injustice by the ombudsman and must pay £1,250 compensation for failing to assess and design adaptations to the home of a disabled man . |
| 6 | Annachamy Ganesh Aiyer FCA of 9 Cardiff Road , Luton , Beds having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Luton between 8 January 1991 and 21 June 1991 passed clients ' monies through his firm 's office account was reprimanded , fined £750 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 7 | A man serving life for murdering a policeman has been found guilty of beating up a prison officer at a high security jail . |
| 8 | On 14 October 1991 Mr. Butler had been found guilty of contempt of court by breaching the injunction granted on 12 September 1991 and was sentenced to four weeks in prison , the sentence being suspended for six months . |
| 9 | A couple from Nottingham who refused their young daughter live-saving medicine because of their religious beliefs have been found guilty of manslaughter |
| 10 | A local authority has been found guilty of maladministration for not telling residents before giving planning permission for floodlights at a rugby stadium . |
| 11 | A driving examiner has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four women while they were taking their tests . |
| 12 | Noriega had been found guilty in April on eight charges following a seven-month trial [ see p. 38857 ] . |
| 13 | Franco Boretti , a proud pet-owner from Sicily , was taken to court and given two fines amounting to the equivalent of 67p each after his dog had been found guilty of committing ‘ an obscene act in a public place ’ . |
| 14 | A man 's been found guilty of kicking his ex-girlfriend 's dog to death at her home . |
| 15 | In another murder case , after a 19-year-old youth had been found guilty of a stabbing murder in Oakley Street , a woman who had given crucial evidence against him was ill-treated by neighbours and eventually turned out of her Oakley Street home amidst ‘ a terrible scene ’ . |
| 16 | The SACHR felt it should be used as an incentive to good practice rather than as a weapon after an employer had been found guilty of a criminal offence ( discrimination ) . |
| 17 | Eight men have been found guilty of running one of Britain 's biggest drug trafficking organisations . |
| 18 | In December 1991 Keating had been found guilty in a Californian state court on 17 counts of fraud [ see p. 38669 ] . |
| 19 | A trainer and breeder of horses has been found guilty on cruelty charges . |
| 20 | A nurse has been found guilty of assaulting a blind woman of eighty eight . |
| 21 | In each case the appellant has been found guilty of contempt of court and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment . |
| 22 | Krishna Kumar Rawal ACA of 74A High Street , Wanstead , London having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Ilford and Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 1 April 1990 failed to account properly and promptly for monies held on behalf of a client and in that he at Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 6 January 1992 failed to account properly and promptly to a client for interest received in respect of monies held on behalf of the said client and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he at Wanstead between 3 December 1991 and 18 June 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) was reprimanded , fined £1,000 , ordered to take advice from the Professional Referrals Service and to pay £1,000 by way of costs . |
| 23 | Michael William Beecheno ( ACA ) of 2 Tummons Gardens , South Norwood Hill , London having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that in London between 11 March 1991 and 14 March 1991 he improperly suggested that charges to his employers for temporary staff be increased and the additional sums be paid to him under the guise of consultancy fees was excluded from membership of the Institute and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 24 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 25 | Responding to foreign criticisms of the heavier sentences handed down to civilians as compared with those passed on soldiers following the massacre [ see pp. 38769 ; 38965 ] , the ABRI spokesman said that the civilians had been convicted of " subversive acts " against the Indonesian authorities , while the soldiers had been found guilty of acting beyond their authority in dealing with the demonstrators . |
| 26 | ‘ Horatio Pugwash , you and your ruffianly companions having been found guilty of the abominable crime of smuggling , I sentence you to be taken from here to the Baddie 's Tower , and at dawn to Gallows Marsh , and there hanged by the neck . |
| 27 | When I was 12 years of age , a woman in one of the small villages not far from Riyadh had been found guilty of adultery . |
| 28 | Flashman 's lawyer Stanley Beller issued a statement afterwards saying : ‘ Quite simply , Barnet have been found guilty of a number of technical offences . |
| 29 | The three-man commission — League president Gordon McKeag , Bury chairman Terry Robinson and Lincoln chairman John Reames — said in a statement : ‘ Barnet have been found guilty of a number of breaches of Football League regulations , mainly in connection with the keeping of proper books of account and players ' contracts . |