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Posted: Thu 1st Jul 2021 New guidelines to help courts determine how to sentence those who assault emergency worker now in effect New guidelines to help courts determine how to sentence those who assault an emergency worker come into effect today (1 July 2021). The Sentencing Council guidelines will help courts in England and Wales to make a balanced assessment of the seriousness of the offence and impose a proportionate sentence. It is the first time that judges and magistrates will have specific guidance for sentencing assault on emergency worker offences, which reflects legislation that increased the maximum sentence for common assault when the victim is an emergency worker. ....
The emergency services in Wales have welcomed the new guidelines. Dylan Parry, the Welsh Ambulance Service’s violence and aggression project officer, said: “A split-second act of violence can have a devastating and long-term impact on our staff, so we need to ensure that when an emergency worker is assaulted, justice is delivered for them. “These new guidelines are a welcome addition and bring clarity and consistency when sentencing such offences.” Gwent Police’s Chief Constable Pam Kelly said: “Every assault on an emergency worker has a devastating impact on their friends, families and loved ones. “This announcement is a step forward to ensuring that those individuals who commit a crime by assaulting an emergency worker are held to account. ....
NEW guidelines to help courts determine how to sentence those who assault an emergency worker come into effect today. The Sentencing Council guidelines will help courts in England and Wales to make a balanced assessment of the seriousness of the offence and impose a proportionate sentence. It is the first time that judges and magistrates will have specific guidance for sentencing assault on emergency worker offences, which reflects legislation that increased the maximum sentence for common assault when the victim is an emergency worker. The emergency services in Wales, where assaults on police, fire and ambulance crews have increased, have welcomed the new guidelines. ....