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25th April 2004 Archive

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  • 10 years jail for false ID - Blunkett PR deploys rattle of shackles

    Stiff penalties for fraudulent use of sentencing policy instead?

    UK Home Secretary David Blunkett is set to publish his draft national identity card bill, and according to weekend reports is expected to announce a new offence of possession of a false document, maximum penalty ten years in prison, as he does so. This plugs a major hole in UK law, we are told by the public prints, because "It …

    ID 25 Apr 2004, 10:27

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