Sentence examples for offence of possession from inspiring English sources

There will be a new offence of possession of an illegal firearm with intent to supply, carrying a maximum life sentence – up from 10 years for black market smugglers at present.

Paul Flowers, 63, of Hollingwood Drive, Bradford, has been charged with two offences of possession of a Class A drug and one offence of possession of a Class C drug.

"They've not taken their accounts away because six months after Paul Flowers had resigned from office he was charged with this minor offence of possession, which would not have got into the public press at all if I had not been Paul Flowers, former chair of the Co-op bank.

However, a document produced by the Home Office earlier this year questioned the effectiveness of a new offence of possession with intent to traffic weapons.

The last of these may see an interesting battle over knife crime, with amendments down from the Conservative backbencher Nick de Bois, calling for mandatory imprisonment for the second offence of possession of a knife for adults and juveniles.

Similar barriers would apply to the section 6 offence of possession of articles for use in fraud in which it must be established that the defendant: had possession or control of; an article; for use in the course of or in connection with any fraud.

Another was fined after pleading guilty to relatively minor offences of possession of a weapon and of ammunition.

So far, 12 in south and mid Wales have been charged with offences of possession and distribution of indecent images of children.

It means exploring alternatives to incarceration for minor offences of possession, and ensuring access to drugs for medical purposes.

In the inquest last year the coroner said: "The maximum monetary penalty for the offences of possession, smoking and consumption of cannabis, cannabis resin and cannabis oil [should] be increased from $500 to a figure that reflects the deleterious effects that the consumption of those substances can have on the individual, especially the young".

At a meeting on Wednesday, Ch Supt Tamasine Matthews told city councillors the number of offences for possession of offensive weapons was up as a result of proactive and intelligence-led policing, while incidents of the "use of a bladed article" were down.