Draft Sentencing Guidelines For Underage Sale Of Knives Published
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Draft Sentencing Guidelines For Underage Sale Of Knives Published

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Draft sentencing guidelines for sentencing retailers including large organisations and individual shop owners convicted of selling knives to children in England and Wales were published for consultation today (1 June 2022) by the Sentencing Council. There are two guidelines – one for sentencing organisations and one for sentencing individuals – which will apply to offenders…

Knife Crime – Sentencing Changes
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Knife Crime – Sentencing Changes

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Knife crime seems to feature in the new on an almost daily basis, with a number of stabbings having taken place over the last few weeks, resulting in deaths and injury, and no doubt the loss of liberty in due course for those responsible. Attention is now focussed on using deterrent sentences to discourage knife…