Published on:
17 December 2024
Strangulation and suffocation offences: response to consultation
Between 15 May and 14 August 2024, the Council held a public consultation seeking views on a draft guideline for sentencing the offence of strangulation or suffocation and its racially or religiously aggravated version, which were created by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
On 17 December 2024, we published the definitive guideline and the Council’s response to the consultation: