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  • Sex offender has sentence increased

    A sex offender has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Supreme Court rules in favour of UK Government

    The UK Supreme Court today (6 October 2021) determined that parts of two Scottish Government Bills were outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Convicted sex offender, caught in an undercover police sting, has sentence increased

    Thomas Thompson has been immediately imprisoned after the Attorney General’s Office referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Fraudster has unduly lenient sentence increased

    A fraudster has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Law Officers sworn in

    The Law Officers, and the Lord Chancellor have been sworn into their new roles at the Royal Courts of Justice

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • London commuter sees his sentence extended for sexual assault

    Gurvinder Singh has seen his sentence increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • County lines drug dealer to serve jail time

    Teric Aroriode-Francis has been sent to prison after his original sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Norfolk sex offender jailed for longer

    A Norfolk sex offender has had his sentence increased following intervention by the then Solicitor General, the Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Alex Chalk appointed as Solicitor General

    The Prime Minister has appointed Alex Chalk MP as Solicitor General.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Law Officers re-appointed

    The Prime Minister has re-appointed Suella Braverman as Attorney General following her maternity leave. Michael Ellis has been re-appointed Solicitor General following his time as Attorney General while Suella Braverman was …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Attorney General speech at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime

    The Attorney General addressed the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime to talk about tackling economic crime

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sentence increased for man caught with over 5,000 indecent images of children

    Nathan Delgado has had his prison term increased after the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer, QC MP, referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Child sex offender’s sentence increased following decade of abuse

    Anthony Pitts has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Leicestershire sex offender’s sentence doubled following undercover police operation

    Lewis Watts, convicted after an undercover police investigation, has had his sentence doubled following an intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sentences increased for 61 criminals

    New statistics for 2020 show 61 offenders had their sentences increased, after the Law Officers thought their original sentences were too low.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Warwickshire man who sexually assaulted sleeping woman is handed immediate prison sentence

    Joe Holtham has been imprisoned following an intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Birmingham man jailed for longer

    Jamie Taylor has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Northampton hotel porter who sexually assaulted woman has sentence tripled

    Zeshan Akhtar has had his sentence tripled following an intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Coventry sex offender handed immediate prison term

    Martyn Croucher has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Durham men jailed for longer for violent assault

    Three men who violently attacked a man on New Years Day have had their prison terms increased

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government