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Recommendation 6
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Revised spitting/coughing sentencing guidance excludes threats and was introduced too late.
Conclusion
We welcome the revised guidance from the Sentencing Council which makes the despicable act of deliberate spitting or coughing an aggravating factor for common assault. However, we note that incidents of offenders threatening to spit or cough would not be covered by its terms and regret that the sentencing guidelines took over a year from the start of the Covid crisis to be introduced.
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Government Response
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