Sentence examples for offences followed from inspiring English sources

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The second and third most prevalent incidents were public order offences, followed by criminal damage.

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The committee said this offence followed a previous failure to register a financial interest.

The decision not to charge Mr Osborn-Brooks with any offence followed pressure from MPs and campaigners who argued that homeowners had the right to use force against violent intruders.

It is alleged that the offence followed a verbal altercation between Anderson and Jadeja as they were walking from the field.

The possession of an unauthorised mobile phone inside prison is already against jail rules but the decision to make it a criminal offence follows mounting concern that some offenders are continuing to operate major drugs rings and other criminal enterprises while behind bars.

Mr Graham claimed he was powerless to prevent the suspension in action he claimed was forced on him by Soca and the Met, before adding: "My opinion is that I would have very much preferred that these [alleged] offences were followed up as soon as they could be".

He avoided a Football Association ban because of the "unique" circumstances of his offence, which followed the death of his newborn son, Jake Junior.

If the committee decides it was torture, a wave of prosecutions of historic offences could follow: there is usually no time limit for bringing torture charges, as there generally is for sex crimes.

The law, which came into force late 2012, makes it an offence to follow, contact, monitor the email of, loiter near, watch or spy upon, someone if it causes "serious alarm or distress" and has a "substantial adverse effect" on their usual day-to-day activities.

The MPA defines "knife crime" as follows: All offences of murder, attempted murder, threats to kill, manslaughter, infanticide, wounding or carrying out an act endangering life, GBH without intent, ABH and other injury, sexual assault, rape, robbery where a knife or sharp instrument (defined as any instrument that can pierce the skin) has been used.

There was an increase in racially and religiously aggravated offences recorded in June, followed by an even sharper rise in July 2016.

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