• The family had asked to see the full Serious Offence Review but their request was refused.

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  • It is not, any longer, treated as a serious offence, unless it is repeated.

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  • "It is a more serious offence when persons expected to protect citizens join terrorists for personal gain, " the judge said.

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  • Sheriff Edward Savage described the case as an "extremely serious offence" and said he was satisfied that a custodial sentence was inevitable.

    BBC: David Jones

  • The court heard that, while Harratt did not know exactly what Otak had done, he must have realised that he had committed a serious offence.

    BBC: Steven Harratt jailed for assisting Wakefield murderer

  • Ms Ward added that any serious offence was "of great concern".

    BBC: Probationers commit murder a week

  • Mr Justice Butler said that Maguire had pleaded guilty to a very serious offence but that there was a lot to be said in his favour.

    BBC: Man jailed for having Crossmaglen PSNI station bomb

  • He said there were guidelines for exceptional circumstances where a caution was appropriate even for a serious offence, such as the mental health or the age of the offender.

    BBC: Police cautions under review, says Ministry of Justice

  • Fraser said he "panicked" in initial police interviews because he had been arrested on suspicion of a serious offence and he did not have a firearms licence.

    BBC: Kent huntsman Brian Fraser cleared of trying to murder ex

  • During initial interviews with police, Mr Fraser said he "panicked" because he had been arrested on suspicion of a serious offence and because he did not have a firearms licence.

    BBC: News

  • "It was the view of the committee that this was a very serious offence and one that damaged the reputation of the tournament and of rugby union, " said a statement from ERC.

    BBC: Quins stunned by fake injury fine

  • Under the former solicitor's bill, "causing death by negligent driving would be tried in only the Crown Court and would be a serious offence, with a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment".

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | North East Wales | MP wants accident law change

  • Incitement to terrorism is already a very serious offence, punished with very serious, punishments and, in view of the existence of that, there is absolutely no need for an offence of glorification or exultation.

    BBC: Lord Steyn speaking the the House of Lords

  • This is a very serious offence by them.

    BBC: Cricket World Cup: Network apologises to Jayawardene

  • The legislation, which became law last May, is resulting in many thousands of DNA profiles being removed from the UK's giant DNA database - people arrested but not convicted of a serious offence after three years.

    BBC: DNA and individual freedom v crime prevention

  • Defending barrister Simeon Evans said while it was a serious offence, the touching was brief and when the admirably resolute young lady made it clear she was not going to stand for it, Hines backed off.

    BBC: David Hines

  • According to the Times, he told an Urdu-language broadcast he should have been sentenced by a magistrate but pressure had been placed on the courts to charge him with a more serious offence because of his support for Palestinians.

    BBC: Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after 'Jewish claims'

  • The reason why possession of small quantities of cocaine or ecstasy is not treated as a serious offence is because, like it or not, the casual use of these drugs is now as common as use of cannabis became in the 1970s.

    ECONOMIST: Daft about drugs

  • The peer is said to have told an Urdu-language broadcaster in Pakistan that he should have been sentenced by a magistrate but pressure had been placed on the courts to charge him with a more serious offence because of his support for Palestinians.

    BBC: Lord Ahmed resigns from Labour Party

  • Miss Kelly Scrivener, defending, asked the court to pass a community order which would allow her client to be treated for his mental disorder, but Judge Phillip Wassall said he could not see a "viable and workable option" to punish Webber properly in the community for what was a "very serious offence".

    BBC: Exeter car chase driver was 'escaping aliens'

  • Police have searched the Commons office of MP Nigel Evans in relation to a "serious arrestable offence".

    BBC: Police search Commons office of MP Nigel Evans

  • The opposition Labour Party tabled a bill this week explicitly requiring a prime minister to resign if indicted for a serious criminal offence.

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  • His Labour colleague Chris Bryant said contempt of Parliament was potentially as serious an offence as contempt of court and a three month jail sentence for such an offence should be considered.

    BBC: News of the World sign

  • It added that players would continue to be considered for England while police investigations were on-going, with their situation looked at on a case-by-case basis were they to be convicted of a serious criminal offence.

    BBC: Gerrard receives Benitez backing

  • Mr Smith, of Lewisham, south-east London, has been charged with two counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14, two of gross indecency with a boy under 14 and one of a serious sexual offence against a boy under 16, police said.

    BBC: Scotland Yard sign

  • But they will argue on Martin's behalf that there should be a change to the approach taken to prosecution for assisted suicide because, although it is legal to take your own life it is a serious criminal offence to assist someone to do so.

    BBC: Q&A: Right-to-die debate

  • He tabled a motion calling for the government to bring forward legislation to enable peers to retire, to end by-elections for hereditary peers, to remove members convicted of a serious criminal offence and to put the House of Lords Appointments Commission on a statutory footing.

    BBC: Steel calls on ministers to introduce interim reforms

  • At the conclusion of the debate, peers voted in favour of a motion tabled by Lib Dem peer Lord Steel calling on the government - but not compelling it - to introduce interim reforms to enable peers to retire, to end by-elections for hereditary peers, to remove members convicted of a serious criminal offence and to put the House of Lords Appointments Commission on a statutory footing.

    BBC: Lords reform debate: part three

  • But the ASA ruled that the ad was unlikely to "encourage or condone cruelty to animals or cause serious or widespread offence".

    BBC: Are these the most offensive ads of all time?

  • One of the men jailed over the Facebook messages after admitting an offence under the Serious Crime Act of intentionally encouraging another to assist the commission of an indictable offence is to appeal against his sentence.

    BBC: PM defends 'tough' riot sentences handed out by courts

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