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Olivia Peck

Happy Halloween!

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Halloween often sees the rise in anti-social behaviour crimes, with people out ‘trick or treating’. But this year Halloween falls on Friday 31st October 2025, with the spooky occasion falling on a Friday, police are expecting a

Football Banning Orders

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Now that the football season is back in full swing, the police continue to take action over disruptive fans at football, with ongoing arrests and continued applications for football banning orders. What is a Football Banning Order?

Drunk in Charge of a Vehicle offence

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Where there is no evidence that a vehicle has been driven by a defendant whilst over the prescribed limit, a charge of drunk in charge of a vehicle may be brought. In order to be guilty of

Caught Speeding – What are the consequences?

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Leicestershire saw almost twice as many speeding prosecutions in 2022 compared to 2021, reports show. Nationally, the number of drivers receiving a speeding conviction has reached an eight-year high. Most people caught speeding were offered a fine

Special Reasons – Drink Driving

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Special Reasons it is not a defence but an argument surrounding the circumstances of the offence and if argued successfully, could avoid or reduce a disqualification. The argument is specifically around the drink driving incident itself and

Voluntary Interviews – what are they?

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Have you been asked by the Police to attend a voluntary interview, for a talk? A voluntary interview is conducted by a Police Officer when investigating a criminal offence, the person being interviewed is the suspect in

Football Banning Orders and the World Cup

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In the 2021-2022 season the police continued to take action over disruptive fans at football, with over 2,100 arrests and 516 new Football Banning Orders issued. There is no doubt therefore that with the World Cup taking

New Domestic Abuse Offences as of 7th June 2022

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Section 70 Domestic Abuse Act 2021, introduced offences of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation, these offences came into force on 7th June 2022. What is the offence of strangulation or suffocation? The legislation states that a person

Caught driving whilst using a mobile phone?

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New legislation comes into force on 25th March 2022 that prohibits the use, while driving a motor vehicle, of hand-held mobile telephones or other interactive communication devices, when performing an interactive communication function. This widens the offence

Police Targeting Drink Driving at Christmas

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The Christmas season is coming… As the Christmas season approaches the party season gets underway. You may see Christmas drink drive campaigns starting to appear from local police forces, which will mean that once again police will

Revocation of driving licence for new drivers

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As a new driver your licence is particularly important to you, however are you aware that your driving licence is automatically revoked by the DVLA, if you build up six or more penalty points within two years of passing

Affray just really what is it?

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Affray is a public order offence, the offence is committed if a person threatens or uses unlawful violence or force towards another person, which causes another person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for

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