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BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Walsall child abuser's jail sentence to be reviewed
The attorney general's office has confirmed that it is reviewing the jail sentence of a teaching assistant who sexually abused children with special educational needs and Clarke, of Bloxwich near Walsall, was jailed this month for seven and a half years after pleading guilty to sexual offences against six vulnerable Saqib Bhatti, MP for Meriden and Solihull East, said last week he had asked the attorney general to review the jail term as he did not think it was tough attorney general's office confirmed on Wednesday it had "received a request for this sentence to be considered under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme". The office, which does not disclose who submits requests, said it had "28 days from sentencing to consider the case and make a decision". The ULS scheme allows anyone to ask the attorney general's office to review a crown court sentence, if they think it is too low. The scheme only applies to some crimes, such as murder and some child sexual attorney general or the solicitor general will conduct the review and, if they deem the sentence too lenient, they can then ask the Court of Appeal to consider the issue and make a final office has said the MP was made aware of Clarke's case by constituents who had been directly Clarke's trial, prosecuting barrister Daniel Oscroft said the defendant had worked as a teaching assistant at a school in Solihull and, separately, as a personal assistant to several children. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Saqib Bhatti MP calls for tougher sentence for child abuser Daniel Clarke
An MP has called for a longer jail sentence for a teaching assistant who sexually abused children with special educational needs and Clarke, 28, of Bloxwich near Walsall, was jailed last week for seven years and six months after pleading guilty to sexual offences against six vulnerable Bhatti, the Conservative MP for Meriden and Solihull East, said he had written to the Attorney General on Tuesday and asked for Clarke's sentence to be Attorney General's Office has been approached for comment. Bhatti's office said the MP was made aware of Clarke's case by constituents who had been directly Clarke's trial, prosecuting barrister Daniel Oscroft said the defendant had worked as a teaching assistant at a school in Solihull and, separately, as a personal assistant to several a statement, Bhatti said he had been "horrified" to learn of Clarke's crimes, and his current jail sentence did not reflect their "heinous and serious nature".The MP has asked for the sentence to be referred to the unduly lenient sentence scheme, which allows anyone to ask the Attorney General's Office to review a crown court sentence if they think it is too doing its review, the Attorney General's Office decides whether to send it on to the Court of Appeal, which can make a decision about the sentence. The scheme only applies to some crimes, such as murder and some child sex on behalf of police last week, Mr Oscroft said Clarke would almost certainly be charged with further offences and may have more than 81 victims. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
