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Fears law to jail memoria vandals could be ditched
Daily Express|November 13, 2024
LABOUR has been urged not to water down plans to jail yobs who climb on war memorials and fine them £1,000.
- Martyn Brown, Christian Calgie
Fears law to jail memoria vandals could be ditched

The tough measures, announced by the Tory Government in February, were written into proposed legislation.

But there are fears the threemonth sentence and fine could be lowered or dropped altogether, after civil servants proposed scrapping the idea.

It is understood Whitehall officials recommended the move to create a specific offence for the behaviour should be ditched, arguing that it is covered in other laws. But Home Office sources say ministers are fighting to keep the sanction and are determined it will feature in new crime legislation.

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