Sentences with phrase «public order offence»

Green party MP Caroline Lucas is to be charged with a public order offence after taking part in a sit - down protest against fracking last month.

In order to secure a conviction for a public order offence an officer would have to prove to the court that she / he or nearby members of the public felt threatened alarmed or insulted by what was taking place.

He was appearing for a minor public order offence; he had no pre-convictions.

«We therefore call on the police to confirm that they will prosecute under «hate crime» any individual or group who seeks to intimidate our supporters and candidates or at least under the Public Order offence under Section 4, 4A or 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act,» they added.

A police spokesman said: «Jason Puncheon, 31, of Kingswood, has been charged with a Section 4 public order offence - causing fear or provocation of violence, possession of an offensive weapon and common assault.»

Mr Cathcart, who called police to report a public order offence, said Wilshere turned up later and waited for him at the edge of the property.

A spokesman from Avon & Somerset Police told Premier: «A 53 year old was arrested on Saturday 19th August 2017 on suspicion of a racially or religiously - motivated public order offence.

Black men were also found to be over three times more likely to be arrested than white men, and in prisons black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) males are almost five times more likely to be housed in high security for public order offences than white men.

Eight Leicester City fans were found guilty of public order offences following disturbances before last season's Champions League quarterfinal first leg defeat at Atletico's former Vicente Calderon home.

But he was known to the police and his previous convictions included causing grievous bodily harm, possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.

The Sentencing Council has published proposed guidelines on public order offences, ranging from riots and large - scale violence by football fans down to low - level disorderly behaviour.

Serious violence and serious public order offences are among her specialties, as are offences committed against children.

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[130] Public order offences have long been seen as a process of Indigenous criminalisation and reflecting poor policing practices.

In a study of defendants before the Magistrates Court in NSW Indigenous defendants made up 21.9 % of public order offences (for instance offensive conduct, offensive language, assault police and resist arrest).

Indigenous Australians are also more likely to be imprisoned for public order offences.

Shorter sentences also appear to be linked to high rates of incarceration for public order offences.

Not exact matches

It went on: «Use of the term in a public setting could amount to a criminal offence, and leave those fans liable to prosecution and potentially a lengthy football banning order.»

The council is considering using a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to introduce 18 new offences.

John Richards was told that his sign might contravene the Public Order Act 1986, which dictates that it is an offence to display signs that are threatening, abusive or insulting, and could cause distress.

The fact that a variety of offences, from public order, to inciting racial hatred, to encouraging terrorism might have taken place did not appear to have been considered.

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Gavin Reid, of Green Close, Luton, was sentenced at City of Westminster magistrates court for an offence under the Public Order Act.

Introduction of modern, consolidated bribery law, based on the recommendation of the Law Commission Creation of a discrete offence of bribery of a foreign public official in order to obtain or retain business Offences would cover the offering, promising or giving or a bribe and the agreeing to receive or accepting of a bribe.

The relevant offence the Public Order Act.

Justice Aikawa further agreed with the submission of ICPC's counsel, E. A. Shogunle, that the 1st Respondent, ICPC, had established that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that certain high - ranking public officials and lawyers acted in abuse of their offices to facilitate a breach of contract with Chief Afe Babalola in order to confer corrupt advantage upon themselves in violation of sections 19 and 25 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

In February 1994, Parliament considered reform of the law on rape and other sexual offences during the passage of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill.

The spokesman said: «Four people have been arrested for a variety of offences under the Public Order Act, 1986.

As well as the public order problems caused by an advert that can be seen by minors, this site is an offence against women,» deputy mayor helene bidard told afp.

Moreover, the public is well aware of the notion that, in order for the police to enter your home, violate your privacy and examine your personal belongings, they must demonstrate reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a criminal offence has been committed.

The categorical certainty with which the Divisional Court rejected Groia's «judicial independence» defence stands in contrast with Nordheimer J.'s painstaking treatment of the need to allow criminal defence lawyers to be free to represent unpopular clients accused of offences against public order.

This comes as little surprise, as public order has long been an aggravating factor for an offence which, committed in isolation, would have been treated more leniently.

Any person who makes or causes to be made any change in or suppression of the title, or the name of the author, of any dramatic or operatic work or musical composition in which copyright subsists in Canada, or who makes or causes to be made any change in the work or composition itself without the written consent of the author or of his legal representative, in order that the work or composition may be performed in whole or in part in public for private profit, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, either to that fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months or to both.

The defendant appealed against conviction for an offence of racially aggravated threatening behaviour, contrary to the Public Order Act 1986, s 4 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (CDA 1998), s 31 (1)(a), arguing that the phrase used was not capable of demonstrating hostility based on membership of a racial group.

The defence submitted that a cell constituted a dwelling under s 8 of the Public Order Act 1986, and accordingly the offence was not made out.

To grant a request to suspend or limit a professional's activities, the syndic would have to find a connection between the alleged offences, the practice of the profession and the possible damage to the honour and dignity of the profession, and decide that the order is in the best interest of the public.

HELD In order to prove an offence of outraging public decency the prosecution had to show that: (i) that the act was of such a lewd, obscene or disgusting character that it outraged public decency; and (ii) that the act took place in a public place and that it was capable of being seen by two or more persons present even if they had not actually seen it.

[23] It has not been suggested that a term of imprisonment is required in order to deter Mr. Kazenelson from committing further offences, to protect the public by separating him from society, to promote a sense of responsibility in him, or to assist in his rehabilitation.

Words spoken which amounted to part of the offence being charged — in this instance Public Order Act 1986, s 5 — did not fall to be considered under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984) Codes of Practice, para 11.13 Code C and there was no duty on the police to give the detainee an opportunity to read the police record of what was alleged to have been said and sign it as correct — or not as the case may be.

In order to pass a sentence of imprisonment for public protection, the judge has to be satisfied that there is a serious risk of the defendant causing serious harm by the commission of further offences.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under this section by failing to comply with a prohibition or requirement that the local authority did not have power to include in the public spaces protection order.

In the second case, if certain specific offences are committed (in particular money laundering, corruption in the private or public sectors, criminal organisation, etc), charges can be brought against the company irrespective of the criminal liability of any individual, provided the corporation failed to take all reasonable organisational measures that were required in order to prevent such an offence.

The provision would extend the powers and rights of audience of DCWs by enabling them to conduct: - summary trials in magistrates» courts; - certain proceedings in magistrates» courts, including proceedings relating to offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3Offences Act 1985, s 3 (2)(g).

In interpreting Art 8, both European and UK judges have developed principles which recognise that a state has the right to expel an alien convicted of one or more criminal offences in order to maintain public order and safety.

Many would return home but do not have enough money, and so go to the parks looking for a loan or for company... These women are vulnerable to a range of factors including re-arrest for street / public offence orders.