Theft: Sentencing
Justice
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Anne McIntosh (- Shadow Minister, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Vale of York, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum sentence is for the offence of the theft of a purse.
Jack Straw (Lord Chancellor, Ministry of Justice; Blackburn, Labour)
The maximum penalty for theft is seven years' imprisonment. There is no minimum penalty.