1 Report
1. The Sentencing Council of England and Wales is
required to consult the Justice Committee on all the draft sentencing
guidelines it publishes for consultation.[1]
On 21 October 2014, the Council issued a Draft Robbery Guideline
with a closing date for responses of 23 January 2015. The Guideline
is intended to replace the Sentencing Guideline on Robbery published
by the Sentencing Council's predecessor body, the Sentencing Guidelines
Council, in July 2006.
2. The proposed Sentencing Guideline covers three
robbery offences: Street Robbery (robberies committed in public
places including parks, stations and on public transport); Commercial
Robbery (a business/organisation is the target of the robbery)
and Robbery in a Dwelling.[2]
Unlike the previous Guideline, the Draft Guideline will only apply
to adult offenders.[3]
3. On 10 February 2015, we held a seminar with a
variety of key stakeholders to inform our consideration of the
Draft Guideline. We are grateful to all the seminar participants
for their assistance in our deliberations. The seminar focused
both on issues the Sentencing Council had asked us to consider
and matters within the Draft Guideline we thought required further
consideration by the Council.
4. Our conclusions following the seminar are set
out in a letter to Lord Justice Treacy, Chairman of the Sentencing
Council, which we annex to this Report. We also annex a list of
the organisations attending the seminar.
1 Section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Back
2
Sentencing Council, Robbery Guideline, Consultation, 21
October 2014 Back
3
Ibid. Back
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