Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter The sentences of 61 criminals across the UK have been increased after being challenged by the Attorney General for being ‘too low’.
Under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme (ULS), victims of crime, members of the public and the Crown Prosecution Service can ask for certain Crown Court sentences to be reviewed if they believe they are too low.
The Law Officers consider each case and will ask the Court of Appeal to review the sentence if they think the sentence is too low. Read more: Teenager found in woodland is charged over Middleton Shopping Centre stabbing They can only ask the Court of Appeal to review a sentence with a view to increasing it if that
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