§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out in the Official Report the maximum penalties available to the courts for those who commit serious criminal offences such as murder, armed robbery, assault, grievous bodily harm, burglary, theft, blackmail, rape and theft from a person in the street.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information is as follows:
Offence Maximum penalty Murder Life imprisonment (mandatory) Robbery* Life imprisonment Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm Life imprisonment
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Offence Maximum penalty Aggravated burglary† Life imprisonment Rape Life imprisonment Blackmail 14 years' imprisonment Burglary 14 years' imprisonment Theft 10 years' imprisonment Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 5 years' imprisonment Unlawful wounding 5 years' imprisonment Assault with intent to resist apprehension 2 years' imprisonment Assaulting a constable‡ 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of £1,000, or both * Includes armed robbery and all theft accompanied by the use or threat of force. † Burglary committed whilst in possession of any firearms, imitation firearm, any weapon of offence or any explosive. ‡ If the assault amounts to one of the offences listed higher in the table, the maximum penalty for that offence applies.