More #FakeLaw from @pritipatel. She is *not* going to “double the sentences” - Parliament is likely to double the *maximum* sentence available for such assaults.
This is a very different thing.
Either she doesn’t know that, and she should. Or she does, and she is lying.
This is a very different thing.
Either she doesn’t know that, and she should. Or she does, and she is lying.
The sentence to be passed in individual cases will be guided by the Sentencing Guidelines, which will likely be revised to reflect the new maximum sentence. Sentencing Guidelines are published by the independent Sentencing Council, not dictated by the Home Secretary.
So while it is right to say that longer sentences of imprisonment will be available to courts dealing with such offenders, that does not mean that every sentence passed will be double what it would have been before.
Sentences will be longer in most cases, but not doubled.
Sentences will be longer in most cases, but not doubled.
