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| Seven in ten UK burglars avoid prison |
| By blog.taragana.com |
| Published: 04/08/2009 |
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LONDON - Seven in ten burglars are avoiding prison in the United Kingdom and one in four are being let off with a slap on the wrist. The alarming figures are a setback for ministers just a day after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced fresh support for victims of break-ins to secure their homes, reports The Telegraph. The Tories have accused the Gordon Brown Government of putting pressure on householders to protect themselves rather than getting tough on the offenders. Shadow Justice Secretary Dominic Grieve said: “While Jacqui Smith is announcing gimmicks to try and tackle burglary, thousands of burglars are being let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Victims are being denied justice, and ministers are sending out the message that the onus is on the householder to protect their home but not on the criminal justice system to enforce the law.” Ministry of Justice statistics show a total of 30,353 offenders were guilty of burglary, in either a dwelling or non-dwelling in 2007 but only 9,229 of them - 30 per cent - received an immediate custodial sentence. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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