Child Offender in UK Law

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Leading Cases
  • The King (on the application of Jesse Quaye) v Secretary of State for Justice
    • Administrative Court
    • 09 Febrero 2024
    General principles of youth sentencing. Detention in a young offender institution. Minimum term. Secretary of state
    ... ... That form of detention was and is obligatory for any offender aged under 18 at the time the murder was committed. The judge specified a ... Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a child or young person, but in lieu thereof the court shall sentence the child or ... ...
  • R v Marley Clarke
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 17 Diciembre 2025
    Custodial sentence. Suspended sentence. Pleaded guilty. Violent disorder. Time of the offences. Starting point
    ... ... , particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable ... it should have been a suspended sentence of detention in a young offender institution. We direct that the court record be amended accordingly ... ...
  • R v Daniel Plant
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 23 Noviembre 2022
    Sentence on count. Determinate sentence. Risk of further sexual offending. Child sex offence. Custodial element. Licence period
    ... ... , particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable ... , the judge erred in finding that the appellant is a dangerous offender and imposing an extended determinate sentence upon him ... 16 ... ...
  • R v Maham Moazzam
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 03 Febrero 2026
    Sentence of detention. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Young offender institution. Pleaded guilty. Referral order
    ... ... , particularly if the case concerned a sexual offence or involved a child. Reporting restrictions prohibit the publication of the applicable ... She was sentenced to a term of 12 months' detention in a young offender institution. She now appeals against that sentence with the leave of the ... ...
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Legislation
  • Sentencing Act 2020
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 2020
    ... ... ” means an order deferring passing sentence on an offender in respect of one or more offences until the date specified in the order, ... 19: Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea by child with related offences ... (1) ... ...
  • Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 2008
    ... ... F3 5: Responsible officer and offender": duties in relation to the other ... …………………\xE2\x80" ... ), omit “in relation to a photograph or pseudo-photograph showing a child under 16” ... ...
  • Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 2012
    ... ... of Maintenance (Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance 2007) (EU Exit) Regulations ... Where the offender is aged under 18 when the fine is imposed and has a service parent or ... ...
  • The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 2011
    ... ... ”, in relation to a child, means the local authority M3 ... (sexual activity with a child) in a case where the offender was under the age of 20 at the time the offence was committed and the ... ...
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