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Tories plan to tighten bail laws

by Dave Keating | August 10, 2008 at 11:36 pm

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In the UK, the Conservative Party has has outlined plans to make bail conditions tougher and more enforceable if they were to take power in the next election.

People with previous convictions for the most serious offences should be routinely denied bail, the Tories say.

Shadow justice secretary Nick Herbert wants more persistent offenders in England and Wales to be kept locked up.

The party also believes there should be a strong presumption against granting bail to people charged with murder.

It comes a year after Garry Newlove was kicked to death outside his home by a gang, whose ringleader had been released on bail earlier that day.

The government says there are already stricter bail conditions for those charged with the most serious offences.