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  • Driver who killed best friend now jailed

    Stephen Whilde has been ordered to hand himself in after the Court of Appeal quashed his original sentence

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child sex abuser has sentence increased

    A 57 year old man found guilty of sexual offences with a child has had his prison sentence increased after the Solicitor General referred it as unduly lenient.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Teen jailed for attack on mother and toddler

    Joshua Ingram has been sent to a young offenders’ institute after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred his sentence as unduly lenient

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Record prosecutions for hate crime in Wessex

    Solicitor General visits CPS Wessex to see what is being done to tackle hate crime

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Man who killed family members who took him in has sentence increased

    Homeless Aaron Barley has minimum term increased to 34 years after the Solicitor General appealed it as unduly lenient

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • North London rapist to spend longer in prison

    A rapist has had his prison term increased following the intervention of the Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Careless driver sent to prison

    An Essex van driver who killed his sister in a road traffic collision has been sent to prison following the intervention of the Solicitor General

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Bradford Robber has sentence increased

    Robber David Berry has 6 and a half years added to his prison sentence

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Woman who tried to pervert course of justice has sentence increased

    Catherine Coslett has sentence increased after the Solicitor General referred it as too low

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Police officer who blackmailed member of the public has sentence increased

    Police officer has sentence increased after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Man jailed for sexual assault on young boy

    A man who sexually assaulted a young boy has been imprisoned after his non-custodial sentence was overturned by the Court of Appeal.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sex offender who targeted children online has sentenced increased

    Sex offender, Paul Leighton, has had his sentence increased to 20 years in prison

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Woman jailed after providing false statement to Court

    The Court of Appeal has quashed Lisa Sudale's original sentence today and replaced it with 18 months imprisonment

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Will the Solicitor General find Goldilocks guilty?

    Did Goldilocks burgle the Three Bears? The Solicitor General will decide today

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Solicitor General visits University of Law in Chester to mark National Pro Bono Week

    Solicitor General visits University of Law in Chester to mark National Pro Bono Week

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Family of Carole Myers can apply for fresh inquest

    Solicitor General gives consent for the family of Carole Myers to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest into her death

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child killer gets longer life sentence

    Marvyn Iheanacho who killed a 5 year old boy has had his sentence increased by 3 years after representation at the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • CILEx Commencement Speech 2017

    CILEx Commencement Speech on 7 October 2017

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Jealous ex has sentence increased after causing GBH

    Graham Gawley has had his prison sentence increased after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred it to the Court of Appeal

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • National Justice Museum drives forward Public Legal Education

    Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP is in Nottingham today where he will visit the recently reopened National Justice Museum to see how it is helping to educate people about the law.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government