Sentence examples for looting cases from inspiring English sources

Dealing with three looting cases on 16 August, the judge said: "I have no doubt at all that the principal purpose is that the courts should show that outbursts of criminal behaviour like this will be and must be met with sentences longer than they would be if the offences had been committed in isolation.

Most police officers who came back to work found their station houses looted of case files, weapons and furniture.

There is no indication that tax preparers are being investigated in the looted antiquities case, although grand jury indictments of other individuals are anticipated.

After two days of looting and several cases of arson, the capital was calm for a second day on Saturday.

In any case, looting was relatively minor, cavalrymen herded crowds away from huge fires, and the military was praised for the tent cities it hastily erected in the city's parks.

Instead, as the Americans allowed the city, including its armories, to be looted — in many cases by members of the ancien régime — while issuing fiats that disbanded the old army and banned the Baath Party, my Iraqi friends became first bewildered and then fearful.

E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Instead, as the Americans allowed the city, including its armories, to be looted — in many cases by members of the ancien régime — while issuing fiats that disbanded the old army and banned the Baath Party, my Iraqi friends became first bewildered and then fearful.

In the Chinese case, looting state-owned assets has been further facilitated by the dramatic decentralization of administrative authority in the post-Tiananmen era.

When he was overthrown in 1996 journalists, including Ms Wrong, were able to wander into the looted palaces (and in some cases do some looting themselves).

Contrary to some reports, there were only isolated cases of looting and fighting.

As the protests have intensified, there have been cases of looting and vandalism.