Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has written to the independent body to make clear her ‘displeasure’ and call for changes to ...

The statistics also suggest that ethnic minorities have a consistently higher average custodial sentence length for equivalent offences. The Sentencing Council’s view is that the wider use of ...

BENGALURU: Ranya Rao, the 33-year-old actress who was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport on March 3 for ...

The Sentencing Council told Shabana Mahmood that if ministers ‘dictated’ guidance to courts it would undermine judicial ...

The Shadow Justice Secretary will on Friday demand MPs block the Sentencing Council's plans which are "vandalising the ...

Comes as Sentencing Council write a letter angrily rejecting minister’s claim that they have created a ‘two tier’ justice ...

Although there are variations across age groups and offence types, government statistics suggest that ethnic minority defendants are more likely than white defendants to receive an immediate custodial ...

A Brighton bus driver who was caught four times over the alcohol limit while driving passengers has avoided jail. A passenger ...

Robert Jenrick’s Bill proposed that the Sentencing Council be prevented from issuing guidelines without the consent of the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

THESE are all of the court cases we covered last week at Preston Crown Court and South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court.