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CrimeLine Alert is now in your inbox: Summary of today's update: Edwards [2026] EWCA Crim 926 - Assault by penetration - Sentence appeal allowed, seven years reduced to five years concurrent Saunderson (Anthony) [2026] EWCA Crim 1308 - Drugs conspiracies involving amphetamine designed for injection - Application to extend time to appeal conviction refused Brown (Delroy) [2026] EWCA Crim 1313 - Section 20 GBH, ABH and intentional suffocation on a partner - Appeal against sentence allowed, 9.5 years reduced to 7 years 7 months Angel (Christopher) [2026] EWCA Crim 1306 - Domestic ABH and criminal damage - Appeal against sentence allowed, total reduced from 24 to 18 months Qureshi (Mohammed) & Ali (Zaryab) [2026] EWCA Crim 1337 - Class A drugs with intent to supply - Qureshi leave refused, Ali sentence reduced from 30 to 18 months Williams (Jazmin) [2026] EWCA Crim 1332 - Conspiracy to supply class A - Prosecution s.58 application refused The Crime and Policing Act 2026 - further commencement order Transfer of supervision within the UK and Crown Dependency Jurisdiction policy framework Overseas travel on licence policy framework Criminal Legal Aid Manual - Update

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CrimeLine protects you from hidden threats. Prompt injection involves placing hidden text inside documents; you cannot see it, but an AI tool can. This text could turn the AI against you by inserting malicious instructions that lead to erroneous outputs. We have provided tools to help you mitigate this risk. crimeline.co.uk

CrimeLine's Citation Checker is now live, alongside our AI tools. Next time a client or opponent gives you a document or list of cases, drop it into Citation Checker and let it do the work, confirming the accuracy of those citations across reliable sources. crimeline.co.uk

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CrimeLine Alert is now in your inbox: Hussain [2026] EWCA Crim 1293 - Failing to comply with notification requirements, breach of suspended sentence order - Sentence appeal allowed, 4 months made concurrent, total 16 months. Attorney General's Reference (NJL) [2026] EWCA Crim 1323 - Rape (offender aged 13 and 14) - Unduly lenient sentence referral, leave granted but community orders not increased. Attorney General's Reference (Howarth) [2026] EWCA Crim 1321 - Causing death by dangerous driving - Unduly lenient sentence referral granted, 4 years 6 months substituted. Attorney General's Reference (Staniforth & DGB) [2026] EWCA Crim 1314 - Murder (offenders aged 17 and 16) - Unduly lenient sentence referral, leave granted but minimum terms not increased. Attorney General's Reference (Hearne) [2026] EWCA Crim 1320 - Rape of an intoxicated victim - Unduly lenient sentence referral granted, 8 years substituted. Attorney General's Reference (Sharples) [2026] EWCA Crim 1315 - Perverting the course of justice (false rape allegations) - Unduly lenient sentence referral granted, 7 years substituted. Dodsworth [2026] EWHC 2621 (SCCO) - Murder in prison (AGFS banding) - Advocate's fee appeal allowed, band 1.2 applies. The Kalisher Lecture, 9 November 2026

CrimeLine Alert is now in your inbox. Summary of today's update: DPP v Zhimin Qian & Anor [2026] EWHC 2509 (KB) - POCA civil recovery of Bitcoin - Chinese law governs victims' s.281 claims Attorney General's Reference (Burke) [2026] EWCA Crim 1272 - Attempted incitement of a child under 13 and sexual communication (decoy) - Unduly lenient sentence referral granted, suspended sentence replaced by 3½ years' custody. Attorney General's Reference (Gulzar) [2026] EWCA Crim 1274 - Conspiracy to commit fraud (smishing) - Unduly lenient sentence referral granted, 52 months' custody substituted. Attorney General's Reference (Solway) [2026] EWCA Crim 1270 - Criminal damage reckless as to endangering life (gas explosion) - Unduly lenient sentence referral refused, no error on dangerousness. Lynn [2026] EWCA Crim 1253 - Shop theft with assault - Appeal against sentence allowed, 30 weeks' custody substituted. Ahmed (Tamim) [2026] EWHC 2573 (SCCO) - Court of Appeal sentence appeal counsel fees - hourly rate raised from £75 to £140 Fletcher [2026] EWHC 2588 (SCCO) - LGFS retrial or new trial fee - same single-count indictment, retrial fee only Consultation on bladed articles guidelines crimeline.co.uk/

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Some changes to report. First, a cosmetic change: ASK & DocAssist are now available from the same interface. Second: This morning we moved to UK Data Residency (instead of EU). This aligns with emerging government policy, as we'll explain in Monday's CrimeLine Alert. Finally, we have retired 'Matter File' as it wasn't widely used and didn't sit well with common platform/CCDCS document storage. As always, my email is open, so let me know if you have any comments on this or indeed any other aspect of our offering. AK

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The advent of quantum computing poses a significant threat to current cryptographic systems. Those relying on asymmetric encryption, such as RSA and ECC, could be rendered obsolete by quantum algorithms such as Shor’s algorithm. This raises concerns about the ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ (HNDL) threat, where encrypted data is collected today with the intent to decrypt it once quantum capabilities become available. This report, jointly developed by Europol and UC3M within the framework of the Advisory Group Research and Development, assesses the technical feasibility and criminal implications of the HNDL threat. It examines motivations, identifies at-risk data and stakeholders, and outlines realistic scenarios where law enforcement may encounter this technique over time. crimeline.co.uk/harvest-now-…

New on CrimeLine: Hoxha & Others [2026] UKUT 378 IAC. In a reported decision, the Upper Tribunal reaffirmed the Tanveer Ahmed approach to document reliability for all appeals and all documents in proceedings, citing the rapid development of AI to generate and manipulate documents. It observed that AI is capable of posing an existential threat to the integrity of the immigration appeal system, while noting that suspected use of a generative AI tool is not by itself an indication of fraud. Judges must be alert to the greater challenges AI presents. Full case note and judgment: crimeline.co.uk/hoxha-fraudu…

CrimeLine Alert is now in your inbox. Summary of today's update: Attorney General's Reference (Hardy (Jamie)) [2026] EWCA Crim 1287 - Sexual activity with a child: adequacy of uplift for multiple culpability factors and two-year course of conduct - Sentence unduly lenient; 8 years 8 months substituted Attorney General's Reference (Harris (Joshua)) [2026] EWCA Crim 1286 - Manslaughter, single punch - Leave given; sentence not altered, any increase would be tinkering Priestley (Frederic) [2026] EWCA Crim 1284 - Fraud sentencing: harm category, mitigation for gambling addiction, suspension; judge sentencing by live link - Appeal allowed in part, 24 months' immediate imprisonment substituted NK (Namibia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [UK] Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), 21 September 2026 - Solicitors' misuse of AI in grounds of appeal - Grant of permission not set aside; appeal fails R (Ford) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2026] EWHC 2502 (Admin) - Parole Board refusal to re-release recalled prisoner on unproven kidnapping allegation - Claim allowed; decision quashed as Wednesbury unreasonable, bias and advance notice arguments rejected R (on the application of Mountbatten-Windsor) v Central Criminal Court & Anor, Administrative Court, 8 October 2026 - Non-party access under CPR 5.4C to judicial review court file - Documents released with officers' names redacted