Sentence examples for offences of abuse from inspiring English sources

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Re-enacts the offences of abuse of a position of trust towards a child.

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Cockerill was suspended for four weeks in 2009 after pleading guilty to two offences of abusing match officials and admitted at the time that his behaviour was "unacceptable".

The contents gave the FBI probable cause to suspect offences of child abuse images and illicit sexual activity.

Gerald West, 71, and Michael Watts, 59, had been standing trial this week at Ipswich Crown Court, but they each changed some of their pleas to guilty and each admitted two offences of physically abusing pupils.

George and her co-defendants, Colin Blanchard, 38, and Angela Allen, 39, pleaded guilty to a string of offences of sexually abusing children, photographing the abuse and exchanging the images with each other via the internet.

The consultation document says that police fail to see abuse, particularly in its nonviolent form, as a serious crime, adding: "Creating a specific offence of domestic abuse may send a clear, consistent message to frontline agencies that nonviolent control in an intimate relationship is criminal.

We now have laws such as a new offence of domestic abuse that covers controlling and coercive behaviour.

A new criminal offence of domestic abuse could be introduced to include emotional and psychological harm inflicted by a partner within a relationship.

John Terry walked away with an acquittal from Westminster magistrates court on Friday, yet the Football Association could nevertheless charge Terry with a similar offence of racial abuse, for the exact same incident.

A consultation will also be held on creating a specific offence of domestic abuse, Ms Sturgeon said, while new legislation may be brought in to combat so-called "revenge porn", in which intimate photos of someone are posted online by their ex-partner without their consent.

Speaking during first minister's questions at Holyrood, Mr Salmond told Ms Davidson the Scottish government was "carefully considering" a call from Solicitor General, Lesley Thomson QC, for a specific offence of domestic abuse to be created.

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