New offences of spiking on the horizon

The Government is set to present a new law to make drink spiking a specific criminal offence, with hopes of new legislation coming into effect as early as December 2024 The change was first proposed in the King’s Speech in July 2024. Although spiking is already recognised as a crime, covered by other pieces of … Continued

A very painful process

“Jake” was sixteen and a half when he was arrested for an offence which took place in October 2017 . Today two months after his 20th birthday, the prosecution have finally accepted that there is no prospect of conviction. In the mean streets of the M1 corridor there was a fight between a group of … Continued