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Rapists and sex offenders saw their sentences increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme after the Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP intervened
The offender had originally been handed down a suspended sentence but will now have to serve an immediate prison term.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A persistent and aggressive robber has had his sentence increased by two years and six months after his case was referred under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
A man with a violent history who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after she refused to have an abortion has his sentence increased after the Solicitor General intervened.
Violent man with history of domestic abuse has his sentence increased following the Solicitor’s intervention after he strangled ex-partner.
The ULS scheme came into force on 1 February 1989
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A sex offender has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.
Guidelines on the prosecutor’s role in applications for Witness Anonymity Orders: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008.
The competition to refresh the London A, B and C panels is now open.
Chay Bowskill has received an increased sentence following the kidnapping of Angel Lynn after the Solicitor General Alex Chalk QC MP referred the case to the Court of Appeal.
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