Ten criminals a WEEK commit a serious offence – including sexual and violent crimes – while they are on probation

Get the full story here: Daily Mail, 15 May 2017, link.

Ten criminals a week are committing serious violent and sexual offences while supposedly being monitored by the authorities.

The public is being put at risk by offenders who are meant to be under supervision in the community but end up before the courts accused of crimes including murder, rape, kidnap and robbery.

Some 1,021 serious further offence (SFO) reviews have been triggered since February 2015 after the Government introduced its flawed probation revolution. […]

David Spencer, of the Centre For Crime Prevention think-tank, said: ‘It is shocking that so many dangerous criminals are being released to offend again. Probation should be solely reserved for low-level offenders.’

Get the full story here: Daily Mail, 15 May 2017, link.