Violent Crime to be tackled with further funding Home Office announces
Violent Crime is in focus for a clampdown from the Home Office with more funding promised. We look at the proposals…
Controversial New Weapons Law Introduced
The aim of the legislation is to address and help to reduce the current problems in relation to knife crime and other serious weapons. It remains to be seen as to whether the new measures will be effective and we will be monitoring all new measures being brought in very closely.
A Spike In Youth Knife Crime. Solutions?
After analysing Freedom of Information request responses from 29 out of 43 police forces, Channel 4 discovered that the number of police-recorded offenders aged under 18 using a knife or sharp instrument to commit homicide rose by the worryingly high figure of 77% from 26 to 46 from 2016 to 2018.
The GBH & Wounding Laws Explained
With regards to GBH/Wounding – In legal shorthand we often refer to section 18 or 20 offences, these refer to specific offences under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
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