Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:15 pm on 21 January 2003.
Graham Allen
Labour, Nottingham North
6:15,
21 January 2003
Presumably, if the person were found guilty he should have an additional period added to the sentence because of the fact that he had enjoyed perhaps many years' liberty, having evaded justice in the first place.
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