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Dorset criminals jailed in February 2021 CRIMINALS jailed in February for Dorset offences include a child rapist, a one-punch killer and a paedophile snared in an undercover police sting. The courts are continuing to operate and deal with cases, including jury trials, despite the current Covid lockdown. The list below includes 11 offenders that were put behind bars by judges last month. Their combined sentences totalled 39 years and six months imprisonment although some of them could ...

Sentencing consultation Taking into account the credit – the reduction given for people who admit offences – that had to be given to Durrant for his guilty plea, the sentence of eight months imprisonment was towards the maximum possible within the guidelines for an offence of assaulting an emergency worker. The current maximum custodial sentence stands at 12 months. A sentencing guideline – the non-binding structure within which judges follow in the majority of cases when deciding t...