Transcription of Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases Involving Communications ...
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Protective Marking Official 1 Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases Involving Communications Sent via Social Media Contents Int roduct ion .. 1 Part A: Offence s - Substantive .. 2 Part A: Offence s Communications offences .. 3 Selection of Charges .. 3 Sect ion 127 Time Limit .. 4 Articl e 10 .. 5 Evidential Stage of the Code for Crown Prosecu tors .. 6 Public Interest Stage of the Code for Crown Prosecutors .. 7 Evidence of Vict ims .. 8 Part B: Issues in Soci al Media Offending .. 9 Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) .. 9 Cyber-enabled VAWG Offence s .. 10 Social Media VAWG Offence s .. 11 Non-social Media VAWG 11 Flagging .. 11 Hate Crime .. 11 Social Media Hate Crime 12 Sentencing Uplift .. 13 Flagging .. 13 Ancillary Orders .. 13 Vict im Personal Statements .. 14 Community Impact Statements .. 14 Reporting and Preventing Abuse on Soci al Media.
7. The following are potential offences against the person, against public justice or sexual offences, with links to the relevant guidance, which prosecutors may consider: • Making a threat to kill, contrary to section 16 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 • Making a threat to commit criminal damage, contrary to section 2 Criminal Damage
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