Sentence examples for terrible offences from inspiring English sources

The Strasbourg court took the unusual step of sending broadcasters an explanatory note saying that the judgment would not prevent people who commit "terrible offences" from spending the rest of their lives in prison.

"So this is why they've got their heads in the sand at the FFA, if they don't believe this is the worst sport in Australia for terrible offences that are committed between rival fans".

The judge specifically commented on "the delight that Watkins evidently has when engaging in the most terrible offences involving tiny children".

In some cases I will make an opening speech where I will talk about their terrible offences, and by the time the jury actually hear what they are, they're disappointed that it's not several cases of mass murder.

But obviously you've got to balance it with the terrible offence committed here".

On one level, saliva on a square of muslin hardly feels like the most terrible offence.

A false allegation of rape is a terrible offence with a devastating impact.

Not that serving in the military arm of the SS as a 17-year-old boy was such a terrible offence.

He dismisses stories that his recent single, Party Like a Russian, caused terrible offence in Moscow – "I'm grateful for the column inches, I could have released a ballad and not got any column inches, but I think it might actually be my biggest hit in Russia" - and talks happily about the fact that his four-year-old daughter, Theodora, might follow him into showbiz.

After all, invariably, this vocal minority of non-violent extremists is at the beginning of any Western Muslim's journey to jihadism and, until they are robustly challenged at a community level, we will continue to see vulnerable individuals like Zale Thompson commit terrible, misguided, offences.

The government is committed to protecting the victims of this terrible crime and it is clear that this new offence has the potential to save lives".