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Ruling regarding jury decision to acquit for aggravated burglary but convict for conspiracy to commit robbery

Case Law
 In the case of R v Thomas 2025, an appeal against conviction for conspiracy to commit robbery was dismissed where it was deemed the jury's decision to convict for this offence but acquit for an offence of aggravated burglary was not inconsistent or perverse.

New Public Order Offences to Capture Sex-based Harassment, Alarm or Distress

Legal Update


 From 1 April 2026, the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 criminalises the intentional causing of harassment, alarm or distress to a person in public, where the behaviour is done because of that person’s sex or presumed sex. Note that the offending behaviour does not have to be sexual.

Vacancy: Head of PNLD

PNLD News
 We are recruiting a Head of the Police National Legal Database (PNLD). This is a rare opportunity to lead a nationally respected organisation that provides essential legal information and products to police officers, legal professionals and criminal justice partners.

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