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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to introduce a new offence of 'Making a False Allegation', punishable by a MINIMUM (not maximum) sentence of one year in prison and a recommendation that any sentence passed down should more closely match what the falsely accused person may have faced had they been wrongly found guilty. More details
Submitted by Phil Faber of SAFARI – Deadline to sign up by: 18 January 2009 – Signatures: 214
Petition update, 09 April 2009
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "introduce a new offence of 'Making a False Allegation', punishable by a MINIMUM (not maximum) sentence of one year in prison and a recommendation that any sentence passed down should more closely match what the falsely accused person may have faced had they been wrongly found guilty."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page18951
Prime Minister's Office
More details from petition creator
If (for example) A makes a false allegation of rape against B, B can be sentenced to up to 8 years in prison if found guilty, but if A is found guilty of making that false allegation, they will generally receive less than a year and even this is often suspended so they don't actually end up in prison. Technically the false accuser can be found guilty of Perverting the Course of Justice (maximum sentence of LIFE) but judges simply don't hand down very large sentences for false accusers despite being allowed to. Having a MINIMUM sentence of a year with a recommendation that any sentence passed down should more closely match what the falsely accused person may have faced had they been wrongly found guilty should deter more people from making false allegations and properly punish those who flout the law. Murder already carries a MINIMUM sentence of LIFE so minimum sentences are clearly allowed in law.
Current signatories
Phil Faber, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
- David Partington
- Sandy Smyth (petitions.pm.gov.uk/notocannabis/)
- Andrew Hart
- Helga Speck
- lyn phillips
- N Hannah
- ivan phillips
- S.Pettit
- E Stocker
- merceller jay
- nicole van-landewyck
- pam goode
- renata ostertag
- david riley
- Shirley Head
- Yvonne@David Mann
- J. Jordan
- Elizabeth Shotton
- Edde Hampton
- Make the streets safe
- Su Horn
- kimberley lobb
- sam allan
- Susan Elizabeth Morton
- Peter Jordan
- Gillian Hall
- mrs n kamara
- Elizabeth Dunlop
- John Brian Ely
- Ray Clare
- Kim Taylor
- evelyn haley
- Richard Thomas
- jaki vincent
- Lynda Shattell
- Richard Grieve
- Tanya Holman
- Anthony Handley
- Lorraine H
- Alison Kent
- yvonne leyland
- Cheri Pope
- Rebecca Chappell
- David Hogg
- Mike Cain
- Lisa Barron
- Bob Douthwaite
- FFreda Douuthwaite
- michelle mcgoran
- Cecelia Crosby
- Steve Crosby
- David Sherwell
- june Robinson
- Debbie Nurse
- Rick Nurse
- Robert Vanson
- simon hyett`
- J.Harrison
- Anthony Lowery
- Robert Lang
- Ian Webb
- angela wolfe
- Linda Clapham
- pat hughes
- A Clarke
- Debi Gill
- d pettitt
- Nigel Beckwith
- Claire
- Anne MacMahon
- M Fair
- veronica hannan
- Frank harrison
- Harvey Franks
- Julia Bartrom
- PAULINE STAVES
- P.A.WEBLEY
- Daphne Brettle
- Janine Finch
- margaret gardener Director FASO
- Susan McCourt
- Ronald Hall
- Angela Lee
- Ian McPherson
- Peter Menellis
- S.R.Upson
- Zeeshan Khan
- Susan Green
- geoff heard
- J.Evans
- Robin Griggs
- Roderick Flint
- FIONA C OLIVER
- Sandra Murray
- marco bidetta
- Gail Saunders
- bryn douthwaite
- Roy Everett
- TRACY WEBLEY
- Ian Toone
- BARRY KINGSTON
- Elin Argyle
- Abdul Shakoor Malik
- Veronica Wyatt
- Susan Griffiths
- Elizabeth Wilson
- Kathleen Brizzalari
- Layton Bevan
- George Quarm
- David Burke
- Sandra Edwards
- mary Geffen
- B Matthews
- Jane Holmes
- kathleen gibson
- Lynne Edwards
- steven smith (of a falsely accused father)
- D Taylor
- Gordon Rozario
- S.Blythe
- Anne Harris
- David Currie
- Rosemary
- Harry
- Ian Tyes
- Michael Wiffen
- a melville
- Roger Griffiths
- MARY PRIDDICE
- pamela wilosn
- Grandparents Apart UK
- Maya Simmons
- Rory O'Brien
- Andy Field
- Ann Schofield
- john bannon
- assiah chowdhury
- eamonn kelly
- margaret reid
- Tim Line
- Kathleen Danby
- David Sanderson
- David Mortimer
- D. Passe
- Suzy beaumont
- Totally Confused
- Dr Nigel Leigh Oldfield
- John Douthwaite
- Jimmy Deuchars (Grandpasrents apart UK)
- Alex Hampton
- shane clancy
- Margaret Deuchars
- Alan Deuchars
- Alan Deuchars
- Ian Sloan
- Alan Deuchars
- barry gaynor
- Jane Jackson
- Jennifer Ham
- Michelle Bolton
- Jutta Schulz
- Jim Fairlie
- David Hughes
- Susan Wiseman
- mark corcoran
- Steen James Gray
- Mrs Harrison
- john green
- Gareth Evans
- Andrew Crayford //petitions.pm.gov.uk/CAN-YOU-IMAGINE/
- David Lee
- Martin Griffiths
- Una Parker
- Ian Brooks
- Charlotte Dyer
- donna wilcox
- Robert Nicholson
- Ken Harris
- tree stewart-harewood
- heather pinchen
- George McAuley, UKMM
- Jeffrey Booth
- Linda Peterson
- William Shattell
- Suzannah Clark
- mr d jones
- Pippa Rivers
- richard mead
- Harry Wheatley
- Douglas Simpson
- Mark Struthers
- a paul
- Renate John
- Barbara John
- Helga John
- Pafaa owner
- sheila brooks
- Rowena Hyett
- Rosie Payne
- ISMAIL ABDULHAI BHAMJEE
- J. L. Davies
- John Bradford
- Dennis Eady
- louise hardaker
- James Williams
- PETER HOWARD
- Jacque Swartz
- shahida kishver
- Andrew Lye
- Jo Herrick
- Martin R. Hargreaves
- sophia jade harley
