New guidelines proposed for sentencing people convicted of public order offences – Sentencing Council

Posted May 9th, 2018 in press releases, public order, sentencing by tracey

‘Today, the Sentencing Council has published proposed new guidelines covering public order offences sentenced in England and Wales. In simple terms, these offences involve the use of or threat of violence by individuals or groups of people towards others usually in a public place. They span a wide range of offending from low-level disorderly behaviour, which comprise some of the highest volume offences seen by courts, to larger scale disorder such as football violence and up to major riots.’

Full press release

Sentencing Council, 9th May 2018

Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk