Sentence examples for offences guidelines from inspiring English sources

The robbery and sexual offences guidelines include consideration of the physical and psychological harm caused to the victim in order to assess the seriousness of the offence.

Crown Prosecution Service guidelines published alongside the law in March promised "no exemption" for companies caught in the act.Britain is unusual in that its Parliament had not previously found it necessary to pass a law banning bribery, relying instead on a series of lesser offences, guidelines and conventions.

The statement went on: "The trust has required the executive to issue an on-air apology to licence fee payers on BBC Radio 2 for the serious and deliberate breaches of the BBC editorial guidelines on offence and privacy.

In a strongly worded statement by BBC Trust standards, the corporation's regulatory and governance body described the "Sachsgate" broadcast by Brand and Ross on Radio 2 on Saturday October 18 as a "serious and deliberate breach of BBC editorial guidelines on offence and privacy".

The offence carries a guideline suspension of between two and 10 weeks.

The offence carries a guideline suspension of between two and 10 weeks, or matches in the World Cup context.

The offence carries a guideline suspension of between three and 12 weeks - converted to matches at a World Cup - but Lawes' offence was deemed "low end".

"This decision to prosecute has been taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, the CPS legal guidance on rape and sexual offences and the DPP's guidelines on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse".

"For those reasons, I consider that the sentencing guidelines for specific offences are of much less weight in the context of the current case, and can properly be departed from".

The council said that its proposed guidelines for sexual offences aim to update the way the courts deal with 54 crimes, to take into account the tactics and technologies used by offenders, as well as the long-term damage done to a victim.

She sentenced him under the guidelines of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which was in place when he committed the offences, but added that under the current sentencing regime, Bright's prison term would be considerably higher.