Sentence examples for offences like this from inspiring English sources

BBC Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy said "unless you have retrospective punishment for obvious offences like this, it will continue".

The watchdog typically prosecutes offences like this under the Data Protection Act, which cannot lead to prison, but opted in this case to use the Computer Misuse Act, which gives courts greater latitude when it comes to sentencing.

Sentencing, Judge David Ticehurst said the 59-year-old was a "fantasist" who was not a qualified vet but "would probably carry on committing offences like this for as long as he thought he could get away with it". Eleanor Ferguson, from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), said Keniry was a "pretty sophisticated fraudster" who was "in a league of his own".

It's a tiny percentage of autistic people who commit offences like this.

Dr Zain Ali, head of Islamic Studies Research Unit at Auckland University, told Stuff that making note of offences like this would allow us to have an informed discussion around who is being targeted and why.

"I have no reason to believe you will ever commit an offence like this again," he said.

Judge David Hernandez jailed Fennell for eight months at Manchester Crown Court, saying at his sentencing: "These devices are becoming readily available – there needs to be a very clear message sent out to the public: if you commit an offence like this where you deliberately go out to target the property of other people, having bought a jammer, you will go to prison immediately".

"Offences like these change the lives of the victims, although it is clear you do not understand how disastrous they can be.

But can addiction possibly be an excuse for abusing power and specifically for sex offences like the ones Spacey and Weinstein have been accused of?

From left to right: Djurdica Ivkovic, Programme Coordinator, Milanka Opacic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy and Youth and Valentina Otmacic, Head of Office - UNICEF Croatia / GDimic / 2014 In 2012, more than 1100 young persons were covered by this measure, mostly for committing offences like theft, fighting and physical violence and drug offences.

Research in 2011 found that women are more likely to engage in gender atypical offences, like robbery or murder, when they co-offend with men.