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Date: 13th January 1994
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 147
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P147 CEEFAX 147 Thu 13 Jan 21:11/57 COMMONS SENTENCE REVIEW POWERS WIDENED The Court of Appeal is to be given new powers to increase sentences on those guilty of offences including indecency and cruelty to children. Until now the power to review sentences had existed only for the most serious offences which are tried in the Crown Courts. But Home Secretary Michael Howard said the power would now be extended to take in offences of indecent assault, cruelty to children and threats to kill. Home 110Politics 130World 160Summary 102Despatch 190Index 199Next News Main News Despatch Finance