Sentence examples for as a specific offence from inspiring English sources

Palaszczuk said the government would take a "close look" at criminalising throttling as a specific offence, after Bryce's report concluded it was "often a precursor to domestic homicide and a clear indication of an escalation in violence".

The consultation document says that police fail to see abuse, particularly in its nonviolent form, as a serious crime, adding: "Creating a specific offence of domestic abuse may send a clear, consistent message to frontline agencies that nonviolent control in an intimate relationship is criminal.

As of 25 November 2012, stalking became a specific offence in England and Wales.

There is a specific offence of opening a car door so as to cause an accident - as explained on Mr Knibbe's blog.

Unison wants a law that makes assaulting a public sector worker a specific offence.

Under the 2005 Gambling Act, there is a specific offence relating to cheating at gambling.

An MP urges the government to introduce a specific offence of exploitation.

Neave acknowledged that the state government, as well as some frontline family violence workers and academics, had called for changes to criminal law to make domestic and family violence a specific offence.

District Judge Anthony Callaway fined Wilson £2,000 for failing to keep a proper lookout, a specific offence, and £500 for both offences of impeding the passage of a vessel and ordered him to pay a £15 victim surcharge.

Driving under the influence of drugs will be made a specific offence.

Labour says it will create a "specific offence of serious exploitation".