Rape
Triable only on indictment Maximum: Life imprisonment Offence range: 4 – 19 years’ custody This is a Schedule 19 offence
Arson (criminal damage by fire)
This is a Schedule 19 offence for the purposes of sections 274 and 285 (required life sentence for offence carrying
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child/ Causing a child to watch a sexual act
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.11 Causing a child to watch
Perverting the course of justice
Triable only on indictmentMaximum: Life imprisonmentOffence range: Community order – 7 years’ custody User guide for this offence Guideline users
Production of a controlled drug / Cultivation of cannabis plant
Production of a controlled drug, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (section 4(2)(a) or (b)) Cultivation of cannabis plant, Misuse of
Producing a psychoactive substance
Triable either wayMaximum: 7 years’ custodyOffence range: Band B Fine – 6 years’ custody User guide for this offence Guideline
Cruelty to a child – assault and ill treatment, abandonment, neglect, and failure to protect
Triable either wayMaximum: 14 years’ custody for offences committed on or after 28 June 2022; otherwise 10 years’ custodyOffence range:
Possession of articles for use in frauds/ Making or supplying articles for use in frauds
Possession of articles for use in frauds Fraud Act 2006 (section 6) Triable either way Maximum: 5 years’ custody Offence
Possession of indecent photograph of child/ Indecent photographs of children
Possession of indecent photograph of child, Criminal Justice Act 1988, s.160 Triable either way Maximum: 5 years’ custody Offence range:
Organisations: Unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc of waste/ Illegal discharges to air, land and water
Triable either way Maximum: when tried on indictment: unlimited fine when tried summarily: unlimited fine Offence range: £100 fine –