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Latest press releases
Date	Description	Associated documents
9 February 2010	Press Notice: Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter	Final Guideline on Corporate manslaughter
27 October 2009	Press Notice: Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death	Consultation guideline: Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death Letter to consultees Advice: Sentencing for Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences involving death
13 October 2009	Press Notice:Council Publishes Guideline on Fraud Offences	Sentencing for fraud – Statutory offences
16 July 2009	Press Notice:Guideline on attempted murder	Guideline on attempted murder
30 June 2009	Press Notice:Overarching principles – Sentencing youths	Consultation guideline: Overarching principles – Sentencing youths Letter to consultees Advice: Sentencing principles - youths
24 June 2009	Press Notice:SGC/SAP annual report 2008/09	SGC/SAP annual report 2008/09
12 May 2009	Press Notice: Consultation paper on sentencing for burglary in a dwelling	Consultation paper on sentencing for burglary in a dwelling
22 April 2009	Press Notice: Consultation paper on sentencing for drug offences	Consultation paper on sentencing of drug offences
25 February 2009	Press Notice: Sentencing for fraud – statutory offences	Consultation guideline: Sentencing for fraud – statutory offences Letter to consultees Advice: Sentencing for fraud offences
18 December 2008	Press Notice: Consultation paper on principles of sentencing for youths	Consultation paper on principles of sentencing for youths
9 December 2008	Press Notice: Theft and burglary (non-dwelling) and breach of an anti-social behaviour order	Guideline on theft and burglary in a building other than a dwelling Guideline on breach of an anti-social behaviour order
1 August 2008	Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – knife crime	Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – knife crime
15 July 2008	Press Notice: Guideline on Causing Death by Driving	Guideline on Causing Death by Driving
8 July 2008	Press Notice: Consultation paper on overarching principles of sentencing	Consultation paper on overarching principles of sentencing Overarching principles of sentencing – correction notice
25 June 2008	Press Notice: SGC/SAP annual report	SGC/SAP annual report 2007/08
23 May 2008	Press Notice: Anti-Social Behaviour order	Consultation guideline – Breach of an anti-social behaviour order Letter to consultees Advice: Sentencing for breach of an anti-social behaviour order
12 May 2008	Press Notice :Revised Sentencing Guidelines for Magistrates’ Courts Published	Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
10 March 2008	Press Notice: Theft and Burglary (non-dwelling)	Consultation guideline - Theft and Burglary (non-dwelling) Letter to consultees Advice: Sentencing for Theft from a Shop Advice: Sentencing for Offences of Theft and Dishonesty
20 February 2008	Press Notice: Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences Note on changes to Guideline on Assault and Other Offences Against the Person	Assault and Other Offences Against the Person Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child
9 January 2008	Press Notice: Causing death by driving	Consultation guideline on causing death by driving Letter to consultees Advice: Driving Offences – Causing death by driving
04 December 2007	Press Notice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines	Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
29 November 2007	Press Notice: Fail to surrender to bail	Guideline on fail to surrender to bail
15 November 2007	Press Notice: Sentencing for corporate manslaughter	Consultation paper on sentencing for corporate manslaughter
16 August 2007	Press Notice: Fraud and ASBO's	Consultation paper on sentencing for fraud offences Consultation paper on breach of an Anti-social Behaviour Order
20 July 2007	Press Notice: Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea	Definitive guideline on the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea
27 June 2007	Press Notice: Assault Consultation	Consultation guideline on sentencing offenders for assault and other offences against the person Consultation guideline - Overarching principles: Assault on children and cruelty to a child Letter to consultees Notes and questions Advice on Sentencing for assault and other offences against the person
14 June 2007	Press Notice: SGC/SAP annual report	SGC/SAP Annual report
24 May 2007	Press Notice: Fail to surrender to bail	Consultation guideline on sentencing Letter to consultees Advice on sentencing for Bail Act
30 April 2007	Press Notice: Final guideline on Sexual Offences Act 2003	Guideline on sexual offences This guideline has been amended to reflect the changes below Further note on changes to guideline on sexual offences Note on changes to guideline on sexual offences
8 February 2007	Press Notice: Consultation paper on Offences to be taken into consideration and Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines	Consultation paper on Offences to be Taken Into Consideration Cover note - Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines Consultation paper on Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines
25 January 2007	Press Notice: Consultation paper on causing death by driving offences	Consultation paper on causing death by driving offences
18 January 2007	Press Notice: Review of Guideline: Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea	Draft guideline Letter to consultees Advice on the Reducing Sentences for a guilty plea
7 December 2006	Press Notice: Breach of Protective Order	Final guideline on Breach of Protective Order Final guideline on Domestic Violence
1 November 2006	Press Notice: Consultation paper on theft and dishonesty offences (file size: 45kb)	Consultation Paper (file size: 348kb)
24 August 2006	Press Notice: Consultation paper on theft from a shop (file size: 43kb)	Consultation Paper (file size: 319kb)
25 July 2006	Press notice: Robbery (file size: 29kb)	Final Guideline on robbery (file size: 100kb)
26 June 2006	Press notice: Annual report (file size: 43kb)	SGC/SAP annual report 2005/06 (file size: 1170kb)
7 June 2006	Press Notice: Sexual offences (file size: 43kb)	Draft guideline on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (file size: 376kb) Letter to consultees (file size: 12kb) Advice on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (file size: 463kb)
31 May 2006	Press notice: Consultation paper - revision of guideline on the reduction of a sentence for a guilty plea (file size: 42kb)	Chairman's covering letter (file size: 25kb) Consultation paper (file size: 126kb)
11 April 2006	Press Notice: Domestic violence and breach of a protective order (file size: 51kb)	Draft guideline on domestic violence (file size: 126kb) Draft guideline on breach of a protective order (file size: 118kb) Advice on domestic violence (file size: 350kb) Letter to consultees (file size: 19kb)
30 March 2006	Press Notice: Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 46kb)	Draft Guidelines on Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 1.61MB) Advice on Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 1.29MB) Letter to Consultees (file size: 13k)
16 February 2006	Press notice: Allocation (file size: 21kb)	Draft guidelines on allocation (file size: 88kb) Advice on allocation (file size: 148kb)
27 January 2006	Press notice: Consultation paper on Bail Act Offences (file size: 132kb)	Consultation paper on Bail Act Offences (file size: 145kb) Annexed Tables (file size: 189kb)

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