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A paedophile who sexually assaulted 2 children under the age of 13 will serve a longer prison sentence.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Child sex offence cases saw the greatest number of prison sentence increases by the Court of Appeal last year the Attorney General鈥檚 Office (AGO) has announced.
Recruitment process, rates of pay, overview of the panel, lists of members and guidance for barristers who work 鈥榦ff panel鈥�.
A man who stabbed two people with a kitchen knife has his sentence increased to a decade after it was referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme to the Court of Appeal by Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby KC MP.
The Attorney General is chief legal adviser to the Crown and has a number of independent public interest functions, as well as overseeing the Law Officers鈥� departments. Responsibilities include: Overall responsibility for th鈥�
On 14 October 2024, the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC delivered the 2024 Bingham Lecture titled 鈥楾he Rule of Law in an Age of Populism鈥�.
Recent sentences examined by the Attorney General鈥檚 Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
The Attorney General Lord Hermer KC has released a statement following a request to review Axel Rudakubana鈥檚 sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Police officer has sentence increased after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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