Sentence examples for a common offence from inspiring English sources

Yet driving without insurance is still a common offence in Greece; an estimated 20-25% of private cars in circulation are uninsured.Mr Liapis was shown on television being taken to the prosecutor in handcuffs after spending several hours in police custody.

It's quite a common offence and dealt with accordingly.

But the extent of the nastiness is not in doubt: of the 1,400 players who have been sent off in leagues run by Mr Smith's association so far this season, over 200 have been dismissed for abusing a referee, the most common offence.

During the whole period, the most common offence for which a caution was handed out was assault occasioning actual bodily harm (5,123 cautions).

Their rights to adopt children were also recognised and 1998 saw the abolition of sodomy as a common law offence "inconsistent with the constitution".

Technically the conviction, which is a common law offence, could result in a life sentence but in practice it is likely to run to months or a small number of years.

There have been reports that the police are planning to abandon the investigation into whether Green committed a common law offence by "colluding" in the leaking of government papers.

Unlike attempts, incitement is a common law offence.

In English law, causing criminal damage was originally a common law offence.

On 26 April 2008, Winehouse was cautioned after she admitted to police she slapped a 38-year-old man in the face, a "common assault" offence, her first of two.

After all, EU members have already agreed jointly to create the common offence of belonging to an organised criminal group.