by Sean Caulfield | Apr 6, 2021 | Crime
Following a successful trial in Wales, the Government has announced the launch of sobriety tags across England in a bid to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime. Alcohol plays a part in 39 per cent of violent crime and is seen as one of the root causes of domestic violence and...
by Sean Caulfield | Mar 29, 2021 | Crime
In a bid to crackdown on neighbourhood criminals Burglars, thieves and robbers released from prison will be made to wear GPS tags to track their movements as part of a world-first scheme. Currently more than half of those convicted for offences involving theft and...
by Sean Caulfield | Mar 10, 2021 | Crime
The Government has announced the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, a wave of new legislation to help them deliver on their pledge to restore confidence in the criminal justice system. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will look to give the police...
by Sean Caulfield | Feb 15, 2021 | Crime
We often read on news websites about people who have been arrested and had their name published. Nationally this would normally be a high profile person but locally it could be anybody deemed to be of interest. If your name is published as a person being investigated...
by Sean Caulfield | Jan 29, 2021 | Crime
Anyone who has had recent experience of the criminal justice system will be well aware of the huge backlogs and delays experienced when waiting for criminal trials to come to Court. Since the pandemic, the Courts have experienced a huge backlog of 53,318 cases in the...
by Sean Caulfield | Jan 18, 2021 | Crime
According to official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), one in five offences recorded by the Police during the first national lockdown in England and Wales involved domestic violence. The data revealed that Police recorded more than a quarter of a...
