The King’s Speech: Assaulting a shopworker to become a specific offence

King Charles

As expected, The King’s Speech – delivered earlier today at the State Opening of Parliament – included the creation of a new specific offence of assaulting a shopworker and introduced stronger measures to tackle so-called low-level shoplifting.

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