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Showing Stories from 10th May 2022 to 21st July 2023

Domestic Abuse Protection Orders to be piloted from next spring

Domestic Abuse Protection Orders to be piloted from next spring

(21/07/23) Created under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, these orders will be trialed for two years in Gwent, Manchester, three London boroughs with the Met and the BTP.

Need to show intent to cause distress removed in 'revenge porn' clause

Need to show intent to cause distress removed in 'revenge porn' clause

(27/06/23) Amendments to the Online Safety Bill will make the sharing of intimate images without consent a base offence with a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment.

(26/06/23) Non-fatal strangulation becomes specific offence in NI (20/05/23) Those who encourage serious self-harm could be jailed for five years (15/05/23) Lawyers boycott threatens juryless rape trials pilot in Scotland (02/05/23) Martyn's Law moves step closer as draft legislation published

Public Order Bill set to pass into law

Public Order Bill set to pass into law

(27/04/23) Peers have ended the stand-off over increased police powers for stop and search.

(22/03/23) Forces combine to secure first banning order under new legislation (17/03/23) Longer sentences for killers with history of controlling behaviour (06/03/23) Bill to close firearms ammunition loophole gets cross party support (02/03/23) Pre-charge bail statutory guidance published (20/02/23) Controlling or coercive behaviour offenders to be added to ViSOR (16/02/23) Parole Board members with policing background to sit on 'top tier' cases

SVROs: a new weapon in the fight against knife crime

SVROs: a new weapon in the fight against knife crime

(06/02/23) Merseyside is one of a few forces who will pilot new orders designed to put persistent knife crime offenders on the back foot.

(19/01/23) Laws will recognise children born as result of rape as victims (06/12/22) Children affected by domestic abuse given automatic victim status (02/12/22) Campaigners waiting for domestic homicide review to be published (28/11/22) New offences coming to crackdown on intimate image abuse (26/10/22) Pre-Charge Bail reforms to come into force on Friday (03/10/22) Over 100 coercive control reports per month, says PSNI (19/08/22) Sexual harassment can be dealt with 'within existing law' says Home Office (04/08/22) Child cruelty sentencing guidelines under revision (27/07/22) Crown court sentencing remarks to be broadcast for the first time (29/06/22) Parole hearings to be heard in public for the first time (28/06/22) Andrew Harper "would be immensely proud" as law comes into effect (28/06/22) Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act comes into force (07/06/22) New laws outline strangulation and suffocation as specific offences (02/06/22) Under-age knife sale penalties set to increase to £1m (16/05/22) Stop and search revised back to 2014 with wider limits (10/05/22) Home Office explains meaning of "serious disruption" under POA

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