HC Deb 04 July 1990 vol 175 cc599-601W

Notes on the tables

1. The offence classifications are based on those used by the Crown Court in their annual return.

2. The tables relate to persons convicted at the Belfast Crown Court. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment.

3. Some jury trials are included in cases where the Attorney-General certified out of the scheduled mode of trial, ie non-terrorist serious offences.

4. Where a person has been convicted of more than one offence only the most serious or that which received the longest sentence is recorded in the statistics.

Convictions and sentences for scheduled offences
Sentence (January to December 1989)
Offence Number convicted 1989 Non-custodial sentence Young offenders centre training schools Less than 5 years 5 years and less than 7 years 7 years and less than 10 years 10 years and less than 15 years 15 years and less than 20 years 20 years and over Life
Murder 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Attempted murder 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0
Conspiracy to murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manslaughter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm 10 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0
Causing grievous bodily harm 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Causing explosion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Placing explosives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Possessing explosives with intent 29 5 0 0 3 6 12 3 0 0

Number
Deaths:
Civilian 39
Army/UDR 14
RUC/RUC'R' 9
Injuries:
Civilian 606
Army/UDR 190
RUC/RUC'R' 163
1 Estimated weight only.
2 Figures in ( ) refers to shots heard only and are not included in the total.

Part II—Statistics of Security Forces' activity
Dwellings searched Army RUC
Occupied 726 —
Unoccupied 177 —
Derelict 207 —
Total 1,110 3,027

NoteSearches of dwellings frequently involve both the Army and RUC and are registered in their respective records. The totals therefore should not be aggregated and are shown separately to avoid an element of double counting.

Finds
Weapons 327
Ammunition (rounds) 37,687
Explosives (lbs) 3,037

Persons charged with terrorist-type offences
Numbers
Murder 31
Attempted murder 48
Firearms offences 130
Explosives offences 24
Theft act 41
Other 159
Total 433

Sentence (January to December 1989)
Offence Number convicted 1989 Non-custodial sentence Young offenders centre training schools Less than 5 years 5 years and less than 7 years 7 years and less than 10 years 10 years and less than 15 years 15 years and less than 20 years 20 years and over Life
Other explosives offences 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Possessing a firearm with intent 51 15 3 11 5 6 11 0 0 0
Possessing a firearm 20 11 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carrying a firearm with intent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other major firearms offences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor firearms offences 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery 130 43 11 39 22 13 2 0 0 0
Aggravated robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Membership of an illegal organisation 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Attempted robbery 15 8 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
Soliciting support for proscribed organisation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unlawful collection of information 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Illegal training 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kidnapping and false imprisonment 6 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
Blackmail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributing to resources of a proscribed organisation 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Burglary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aggravated burglary 7 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Hijacking 23 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Attempted hijacking 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arson 35 14 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
Possession of an offensive weapon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petrol bomb offences 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Escape offences 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Criminal damage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intimidation 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assisting offenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Withholding information 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Possessing prohibited articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conspiracy to arm terrorists 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Common law riot affray 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rape 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Handling 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Making property available 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 414 176 35 75 44 31 30 10 2 11