TYPE OF USAGE.

A man has been jailed for two years after breaking into Meadowside Leisure Centre earlier this year, causing major disruption for users.

The Meadowside Drive leisure centre had to close its on-site gym for several hours and swimming classes were cancelled following the incident.

Thomas Jacks, 25, was later charged with one count of burglary and accused of stealing a tablet.

He appeared at Stafford Crown Court on Friday, February 15 after recently appearing at North Staffordshire Justice Centre.

He admitted the charge during his first appearance at the crown court and has now been jailed for two years.

What is this type of usage where it is just short sentences rather than unified paragraphs? Is this acceptable outside of newspapers or newspapers only ?

I understand it's newspaper style but some articles are written this way, whilst others are written in unified paragraphs. Is this just at the writer's discretion. I wondered if there was a distinction as it's about a crime versus any other subject matter: the style change.