R (on the application of Edwards- Sayer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 467 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 176 (Mar)
A person who has pleaded guilty to an offence but has not yet been sentenced for that offence is a “convicted prisoner” within r 2(1) of the of the Prison Rules 1999 (SI 1999/728) and so loses the rights and privileges of being a remand prisoner.
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Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
