Sentencing of Ben Oliver

The sentencing of Ben Oliver, a 25-year-old man convicted of the manslaughter of his grandfather, was the culmination of a Crown Court case in England and Wales, and the sentencing was the first criminal court proceeding in England and Wales to be televised. Oliver was convicted of killing his 74-year-old bedbound grandfather, David Oliver, of Mottingham, South East London, following a trial at the Old Bailey, where he had pleaded not guilty to murder. At the televised hearing, which took place in Court Two of the Old Bailey at 10 am on 28 July 2022, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of ten years by Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro QC.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Grandfather killer jailed in first TV sentencing in England and Wales". BBC News. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ Patel-Carstairs, Sunita (28 July 2022). "Cameras allowed in courts for the first time to see judge sentence Ben Oliver for killing grandfather". Sky News. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ Robertson, Kirsten (28 July 2022). "Man who killed his grandad in first ever TV sentencing broadcast from Old Bailey". Metro. Retrieved 28 July 2022.