The judge, who freed Duffin on continuing bail until her sentencing next month, told her: "You have pleaded guilty to very mean offences and I can see by your face that you are very ashamed of your actions.
Non-fatal offences against the person, under English law, are generally taken to mean offences which take the form of an attack directed at another person, that do not result in the death of any person.
DW: "If there are Jewish people offended by what I have said, then I would apologise immediately and say I am sorry and did not mean offence to them.
The Daily Mail produces a helpful glossary of slang police use to describe how crimes "disappear", including "stitching" - charging a suspect despite little evidence, thus allowing officers to record a crime as detected - and "cuffing", which means downgrading offences in crime records to make them look less serious.
Det Ch Insp Tom Chisholm, from West Midlands Police, said: "I don't believe this means more offences are being committed, rather that victims are speaking out against offenders in confidence they will be listened to".
If this sound staggeringly disconnected for someone who uses aeroplanes like most people use buses, Clijsters means no offence.
organized crime is sometimes used to mean the offences of 'participating in a criminal organization' whereas at other occasions it is meant to refer to the modus operandi of offences, be it or not a limited number of 'serious' offences.
Police thought the women's stories meant possible offences had been committed (it can be illegal in Sweden to have sex without a condom when one partner has insisted upon it), and the ball was set in motion that led to his extradition case.
But the recent rises in the number of people reporting incidents of child abuse, for instance, does not mean those offences are necessarily increasing.
The bill would also mean certain offences committed towards members of the armed forces would be treated as "aggravated" which would mean a harsher penalty for the person convicted of the crime.
