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From Attorney General's Office (AGO)
  • 30 years of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme

    Today marks 30 years since the start of the scheme, which allows some Crown Court sentences to be reconsidered at the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Croydon zombie knife attacker jailed

    Zombie knife attacker Joshua Gardner sentenced to 3 and a half years in a young offenders institute

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sentence increased for man who violently attacked and threatened to kill teenage girl

    Jamie Powell has sentenced increased after the Solicitor General referred his case to the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Bath machete attacker has sentence increased by Court of Appeal

    An unnamed youth has had his sentence increased from a 2 year Youth Rehabilitation Order to 7 years in prison.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • North London drug dealers have sentences increased

    Rowan Lopez and Marc Lawrence have today had their sentences increased after they referred to the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Solicitor General refers Croydon ‘zombie knife’ attacker’s case to Court of Appeal

    Joshua Gardner’s original sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Violent Birmingham carjackers jailed for longer

    Carjackers have sentences increased after the Solicitor General referred their case to the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Bridgend burglar has sentence increased

    Damien Davies, who had a history of home burglaries, has had his sentence increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Brighton drug-dealer jailed after Solicitor General’s intervention

    Daniel Lewis jailed for 3 years after the Solicitor General's action.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Wrexham care home abuser has sentence increased

    Graham Stridgeon has today had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Family of Ella Kissi-Debrah can apply for fresh inquest

    The application for permission to apply for a new inquest into Ella's death has been successful.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Family of Elsie Frost can apply for fresh inquest

    The Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox QC MP, has today given consent for the family of Elsie Frost to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest into the circumstances surrounding her death.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Oldham knife murderer has sentence increased

    Mohamed Jama has had the minimum term of his life sentence increased following the Solicitor General's Unduly Lenient Sentence referral.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Attorney General appoints new Treasury Counsel

    Attorney General announces new appointments to Treasury Counsel

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Robber who bit off part of victim’s ear jailed

    Tommy Tremayne sent to prison following the Solicitor General's Unduly Lenient Sentence referral.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Prison term increased for Gateshead rapist

    Raymond Paternoster will spend longer in prison following the Solicitor General's referral to the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Cornwall drug addict has jail time increased

    Steven Brown will spend longer behind bars after Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Attorney General's letter to speaker

    The Attorney General's letter regarding the Motion for Return on Law Officers' advice.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Hampshire hammer attacker to spend longer behind bars

    Sentence increased for Amadio Osborne who attacked a woman with a hammer

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Dereham drug-dealer sent to prison

    Kay Strugnall has sentence increased by Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government