Keiser Report: On British riots

and from the Telegraph....

UK riots: magistrates told 'ignore the rule book' and lock up looters

Magistrates have been told that they can ignore sentencing guidelines and hand down more draconian penalties to rioters and looters.

The Telegraph

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Courts are being advised that the scale of last week’s civil disobedience means that offences committed during the riots should be dealt with more harshly.

The memo, sent late last week by the capital’s most senior justice clerks, led one magistrate to warn that any offenders involved in the “anarchy” can expect a prison sentence.

Magistrates appear to have heeded the message, as figures released by the Ministry of Justice last night disclosed that two in three people charged in connection with the riots and looting have been remanded in custody.

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