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Child sex offence cases saw the greatest number of prison sentence increases by the Court of Appeal last year the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has announced.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A paedophile who sexually assaulted 2 children under the age of 13 will serve a longer prison sentence.
Applications open on Wednesday 14 May
The Attorney General is chief legal adviser to the Crown and has a number of independent public interest functions, as well as overseeing the Law Officers’ departments. Responsibilities include: Overall responsibility for th…
On 14 October 2024, the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC delivered the 2024 Bingham Lecture titled ‘The Rule of Law in an Age of Populism’.
Recent sentences examined by the Attorney General’s Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
A dangerous driver who killed a teenage passenger and hospitalised another after driving at double the speed limit has had his sentence increased after Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP intervened.
A sexual predator who posed as a photographer to lure women to his home before sexually abusing them has sentence increased after Solicitor General intervenes.
The Attorney General Lord Hermer KC has released a statement following a request to review Axel Rudakubana’s sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
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