The court considered sentencing arrangements for breaches of the 1984 Act. Lord Judge, LCJ, said: ‘The abduction of children from a loving parent is an offence of unspeakable cruelty to the loving parent and to the child or children . . It is a cruel offence even if the criminal responsible for it is the other parent.’
Judges:
Lord Judge, LCJ, McFarlane LJ, Royce J
Citations:
[2012] 1 FLR 824, [2012] 1 Cr App R 16, [2012] 1 WLR 1927, [2012] 2 FCR 219, [2012] 2 All ER 641, [2011] EWCA Crim 2871, [2012] Crim LR 232, [2012] Fam Law 259, [2012] 2 Cr App R (S) 38
Links:
Statutes:
Child Abduction Act 1984, Hague Convention on the Civil Aspect of International Child Abduction 1980
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 01 October 2022; Ref: scu.449988
