article_snippet: The Sentencing Council is led by Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and sets down rules that judges and magistrates must abide by.
article_snippet: The Sentencing Council report said that new guidelines are necessary to deal with the new law and guide the courts on cases
article_snippet: ‘of the utmost seriousness involving a fatality’.
article_snippet: In drawing up our proposals, our have been very aware of the potentially devastating impact of these offences on victims.
article_snippet: Long sentences are available for the most serious offences.
article_snippet: ‘If there is a fatal attack the owner should always be held responsible and society should signal the owner strong disapproval by insisting on a prison sentence.
article_snippet: The starting point for causing a death should be a serious custodial sentence.