Home Secretary responds to draft sentencing guideline on robbery
17 Feb 2006
Last November, the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) – an independent body comprising members of the judiciary, police, legal professions and those with substantial experience of promoting the interests of victims – published draft guidelines for courts dealing with cases where offenders are found guilty of robbery.
The Home Secretary has now responded for the Government in a letter which was agreed with the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General. The response broadly accepts the proposed guidelines but suggests that they be amended slightly to make it crystal clear that the offence is aggravated both when the victim is providing a service to the public and when they are particularly vulnerable.
A full copy of the letter can be downloaded from the right hand side of this page. The Sentencing Guidelines Council will finalise the guidelines later this year.