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The maximum sentence for putting someone at risk of suffering serious annoyance will be 10 years [View all]
under the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill:
If the new offence is enacted then the current ‘common law’ (that is, non-statutory) offence of public nuisance will be abolished.
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The current law is usually stated as:
‘A person is guilty of a public nuisance (also known as common nuisance), who (a) does an act not warranted by law, or (b) omits to discharge a legal duty, if the effect of the act or omission is to endanger the life, health, property or comfort of the public, or to obstruct the public in the exercise or enjoyment of rights common to all Her Majesty’s subjects.’
The bill before parliament proposes that old offence to be replaced by this:
https://davidallengreen.com/2021/03/the-proposed-new-clause-59-offence-of-intentionally-or-recklessly-causing-public-nuisance/
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The current law is usually stated as:
‘A person is guilty of a public nuisance (also known as common nuisance), who (a) does an act not warranted by law, or (b) omits to discharge a legal duty, if the effect of the act or omission is to endanger the life, health, property or comfort of the public, or to obstruct the public in the exercise or enjoyment of rights common to all Her Majesty’s subjects.’
The bill before parliament proposes that old offence to be replaced by this:
https://davidallengreen.com/2021/03/the-proposed-new-clause-59-offence-of-intentionally-or-recklessly-causing-public-nuisance/
or risk of "serious inconvenience", for that matter. The inconvenience or annoyance doesn't even have to happen - just the risk of it. Let's hope there are some Tories or Lords who'll block this catch-all "I don't like you" gift to the police.
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