New Sentencing Guidelines Issued
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New Sentencing Guidelines Issued

All About the New Sentencing Guidelines The Sentencing Council has published new definitive guidelines for intimidating offences, it will take effect in respect to all cases sentenced on or after 1 October 2018, so may well affect your current case. Sentencing Council member Judge Rosa Dean said: “Our guidelines recognise and reflect the very intimate,…

Participating in Organised Crime
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Participating in Organised Crime

All About Organised Crime Section 45 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 makes it is an offence to participate in the activities of an organised crime group, this is a new offence created by the 2015 legislation. Why a new offence? The offence was created to work alongside the offence of conspiracy. A conspiracy charge…