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  2. False imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    The definition of false imprisonment under UK law and legislation is the "Unlawful imposition or constraint of another's freedom of movement from a particular place." [14] False imprisonment is where the defendant intentionally or recklessly, and unlawfully, restricts the claimant's freedom of movement totally. [15]

  3. Sentencing in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The court has power to impose a suspended sentence of imprisonment of up to two years. [63] The features of this sentence are: the offence must pass the custody threshold of being 'so serious' the term of imprisonment must be between 14 days and 6 months (24 months in the Crown Court) the court can order the offender to undertake requirements

  4. R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, ex p Evans - Wikipedia

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    "Liability for false imprisonment". The Digest. Volume 37(4). Title "Prisons". Case 7268. Stephen Livingstone, Tim Owen and Alison Macdonald. Prison Law. Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press. 2008. Paragraphs 13.47 and 14.62 at page 523 and 601. Julian B Knowles. Blackstone's Guide to the Extradition Act 2003. Oxford University Press. 2004.

  5. English criminal law - Wikipedia

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    A general power of Crown Court to impose a sentence of imprisonment on conviction on indictment is created by section 77 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 It was formerly created by each of the following provisions in turn: The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 7(1) The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, section 18(1)

  6. List of longest prison sentences - Wikipedia

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    Also the longest sentence ever handed in the United States. Robinson was sentenced to 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him for raping a 3-year-old girl in Oklahoma. [5] Allan Wayne McLaurin 1994 20,750 years United States: Accomplice of Darron Bennalford Anderson. Upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years. [6] Pudit ...

  7. List of long-term false imprisonment cases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable long-term false imprisonment cases. Cases involving children imprisoned by relatives ... South Wales, UK, 20 years, discovered in October 2019.

  8. Man given Britain's 'shortest ever' prison sentence, spends ...

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    A man in the U.K. spent as much time behind bars as it takes to watch an episode of Stranger Things after receiving what is being called the country's shortest ever prison sentence.. Shane Jenkins ...

  9. Perverting the course of justice - Wikipedia

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    Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan – found guilty of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and perverting the course of justice [22] Australia. Marcus Einfeld, an Australian retired Federal Court and NSW, WA and ACT Supreme Court judge – perjury and perverting the course of justice, for lying relative to a speeding ticket [23]