The Sentencing Council published new principles for courts to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences, ...

The Sentencing Council published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on ...

The Justice Secretary has called on the independent Sentencing Council to “reconsider” its controversial new guidelines or ...

A row over pre-sentence reports has erupted after guidelines were changed to recommend them for criminals from an ethnic, ...

MP Mike Amesbury has been given a custodial sentence, which paves the way for a by-election to happen in his constituency of Runcorn and Helsby. But what is the process - and does he have to stand ...

Rodney, who is also a deacon, was handed a non-custodial sentence during his hearing on Thursday. Describing the judge as both wise and merciful Johnson said on behalf of the man’s family he was ...

A MAN has escaped an immediate custodial sentence after he was caught in possession of a bladed article in Barrow.

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Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said in the Commons: “The new sentencing guidelines published alongside this statement will make a custodial sentence less likely for those ‘from an ...

The MP, who was given a 10-week prison sentence for punching a man in the street, will attend an appeal hearing at Chester Crown Court. | ITV News Granada ...

The former Labour MP has been sitting as an Independent following his arrest last year. There is no automatic suspension for MPs serving a custodial sentence, although opposition parties have called ...

A convicted criminal currently serving a life sentence for a stabbing in Swindon has been sentenced for robbery.