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  • London drug dealers’ sentences increased by the Court of Appeal

    Matthew Wraight and Mark Bannister have had their sentences increased after they were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Knifepoint robbers have sentences increased

    Two men who robbed 3 properties at knifepoint have had their sentences increased after the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP referred the case to the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Stoke-on-Trent man receives increased sentence for historical child sex offences

    Christopher Appleby has had his sentence increased after it was referred by the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Batley murderers have sentences increased

    Six men have had their sentences increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Retired police officer’s misconduct sentence doubled following referral

    Alan Butler has had his sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Watford car chase gang have sentences increased

    Three men who were part of a gang that stabbed a man to death have had their sentences increased after the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP referred the case to the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Father who killed his 39-day old baby has sentence increased

    James Dean Clarke has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Facebook paedophile has sentence increased

    A man who engaged in sexual communications through Facebook with a “paedophile hunter” has had his sentence increased

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Violent prisoner jailed for longer

    William Johnstone has had his sentence increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Leeds man who controlled partner jailed for longer

    Billy Barker-Holden has had his sentence increased following intervention by the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Man who groomed teen has sentence tripled

    James Rampton has had his sentence tripled.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Abusive partner sees sentence increase following referral

    Oritsetsemaye Nikoro has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the then Solicitor General.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Oldham man who stabbed partner will spend longer in prison

    Stephen John Turnock has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the then Solicitor General.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Gloucestershire child sex offender jailed

    A sex offender will now serve time in prison following a ULS referral

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Solicitor General meets students at Warwick University

    The Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP, today met Warwick University’s Law, Politics and Philosophy (PPL) Society to discuss his role as one of the UK’s Law Officers and what the Government is doing to tackle hate crime.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Serial sex offender has sentence increased

    A man who sexually assaulted three women has had his sentence increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Manchester man handed increased jail sentence for historical sex offences

    Daniel Dunkerley has had his sentence increased to 7 years imprisonment

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Manchester sex offender has sentence increased

    A man who obtained and shared indecent images of children has had his sentence increased.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Hertfordshire child sex offender handed increased jail sentence

    Jaime Alejandro Garcia-Perez has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the then Solicitor General.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sex offender has sentence increased

    A sex offender has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government