Example sentences of "was jailed for [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.

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1 Spence was jailed for six months at Newcastle .
2 But the officers ' dedication led to the conviction of Carl Dodds , of Blackfell , Washington , who was jailed for six years at Durham Crown Court last December for robbery .
3 A MAN was jailed for six years at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday for his part in attempting to murder a man after luring him into a night of torture .
4 He was sacked from the Mint — and was jailed for nine months at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday .
5 A RAPIST who was captured after he left bare footprints at the scene of the crime was jailed for 14 years at Bristol Crown Court yesterday .
6 Mr Robert Cole , a CND vice-chairman , was jailed for 14 days at Blaenau Ffestiniog , Gwynned , for refusing to pay a £150 fine imposed after he chained himself to a container of nuclear waste last August ..
7 Timeshare salesman Thomas Kerr , 21 , from Loughton , Essex , was jailed for 18 months at Snaresbrook Crown Court when he also admitted burglary and stealing £10,000 worth of computer equipment .
8 Leslie Thomas , aged 27 , who organised acid house parties in London , was jailed for five years at the Old Bailey yesterday .
9 A DRUG dealer who recruited youngsters to sell ecstasy and cannabis in the Highlands was jailed for five years at the High Court in Inverness yesterday .
10 A father who broke his nine-week-old son 's bones in six places , was jailed for four years at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday .
11 He was jailed for four years at the High Court , Edinburgh in July 1992 when a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting an 18-year-old boy he met in St Andrews Bus Station , Edinburgh .
12 A STORNOWAY man was jailed for four years at the High Court in Inverness after being convicted of hijacking a lorry with a £30,000 load of spirits , tobacco and groceries .
13 A MAN involved in a confrontation between groups of Catholics and Protestants in a Dungannon carpark was jailed for two months at Cookstown Magistrates Court yesterday .
14 James Beveridge , 36 , unemployed , of no settled address , was jailed for two years at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday after admitting making a hoax bomb call to Gatwick airport .
15 He was jailed for 21 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday after admitting burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car .
16 A MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army who was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home was jailed for 20 years at Belfast Crown Court yesterday .
17 He was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey after admitting manslaughter .
18 A 23-YEAR-OLD customs man who drugged , bound and indecently assaulted his woman boss in a revenge attack after being passed over for promotion was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey in London yesterday .
19 But yesterday the married father-of-three , who denied raping the 23-year-old , was jailed for 28 days at London 's Snaresbrook Crown Court on a lesser assault charge .
20 FORMER Liverpool City Council union official Tony Gavin was jailed for three months at Liverpool Crown Court for theft this afternoon .
21 A MAN who abused a young girl for four years was jailed for three months at Stirling Sheriff Court yesterday after a television programme had prompted the child to talk to her mother .
22 Yesterday , Simpson , 23 , of Boscombe Gardens , Hemlington , Middlesbrough , was jailed for three years at Teesside Crown Court after admitting robbery .
23 AN unemployed gardener , Colin Edmiston , 51 , of Inchcolm Court , Edinburgh , was jailed for three years at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday when he admitted breaking into four houses in Dalgety Bay , Fife , and stealing goods to the value of more than £34,000 .
24 A FORMER tyre depot manager involved in drug dealing was jailed for three years at the High Court in Aberdeen yesterday .
25 A SCOUTMASTER was jailed for 39 months at the Old Bailey yesterday for sexually abusing his seven-year-old daughter and son aged 11 .
26 Yesterday , Campbell Hynd , 21 , of Walker 's Wynd , Edinburgh , was jailed for 30 months at the High Court in Edinburgh after admitting two charges of wilful fire-raising .
27 A POLICEMAN who slapped a prisoner twice during a struggle at Fort William police station was jailed for 30 days at Fort William Sheriff Court yesterday .
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