Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Abducted child
A mother’s removal of her small child to her homeland, because of the conduct of her alcoholic and heroin addicted partner, the father, is a breach of Art 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, unless she could satisfy the grounds for defence under Art 13(b). The SC, in Re S (a child) (2012), restored the order of the High Court, which held that the mother had made a good prima facie case, that she was the victim of significant abuse at the hands of the father and a defence under Art 13(b) had been established.
Aggravated burglary
Burglary is entering a building with the intention of (inter alia) stealing, and carries a maximum penalty of 10 years or 14 if in a dwelling (Theft Act 1968, s9). By s10 it is aggravated burglary if you commit burglary and have with you a firearm, weapon of offence or explosive, and the maximum penalty is life.
