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  • 'Let burglars off with caution', police told

    04/04/2006 4:00:26 PM PDT · by Sometimes A River · 39 replies · 1,219+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 3rd April 2006
    Burglars will be allowed to escape without punishment under new instructions sent to all police forces. Police have been told they can let them off the threat of a court appearance and instead allow them to go with a caution. The same leniency will be shown to criminals responsible for more than 60 other different offences, ranging from arson through vandalism to sex with underage girls. New rules sent to police chiefs by the Home Office set out how seriously various crimes should be regarded, and when offenders who admit to them should be sent home with a caution. Some...