Where a court is considering the seriousness of any offence, it must consider—
the offender's culpability in committing the offence, and
any harm which the offence—
caused,
was intended to cause, or
might foreseeably have caused.
Section 63: Assessing seriousness
Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 4: Exercise of court's discretion — CHAPTER 3: Seriousness and determining sentence
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