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Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis
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United Kingdom — Jamie Grierson
Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis
Grooming gang perpetrators and killers, including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death , will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme.
Here is a primer on how the crisis unfolded and what the upshot of Burnham’s decision could be.
Grooming gang perpetrators and killers, including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death , will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme.
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Source: The Guardian · Jamie Grierson. Published 1 Sept 2026, 05:05 pm.
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