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Many UK Judges Ignore Minimum 5yrs' Jail for Gun Crime - Police Chief
25 March 2008
Times (UK)
The fight against gun crime is being undermined by judges who fail to ensure that tough penalties set down in law are imposed in the courts, a senior police chief has told The Times.
Bernard Hogan-Howe, Chief Constable of Merseyside, said last night that the mandatory five-year minimum sentence for possession of a firearm was being ignored by some members of the judiciary.
Mr Hogan-Howe, whose force is investigating the murder last year of 11-year-old Rhys Jones,... (GunPolicy.org)