Streatham assault: Emergency legislation to deal with ‘unprecedented scenario of extreme gravity’

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Streatham assault: Emergency legislation to deal with ‘unprecedented scenario of extreme gravity’

The federal government has introduced it is going to use emergency laws to finish the automated launch of terror offenders half manner by means of


The federal government has introduced it is going to use emergency laws to finish the automated launch of terror offenders half manner by means of their jail sentences.

The transfer follows two assaults by males convicted of terror offences in latest months, in Streatham on Sunday and at London Bridge in November.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland instructed MPs the nation faces “an unprecedented scenario of extreme gravity” and that the laws will apply to each serving and future prisoners.



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