UK: Arrests under the Terrorism Act 2007

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ANNEX D: UK POLICE TERRORISM ARREST STATISTICS (EXCLUDING N. IRELAND)

2007

185 people were arrested under the Terrorist Act 2000

72 arrests under legislation other than terrorism legislation, where the investigation was conducted as a terrorist investigation.

257 Total

OUTCOMES

45 Charged with terrorism legislation offences only

19 Charged with terrorism legislation offences and other criminal offences

27 Charged under other legislation. E.g. murder, grievous bodily harm, firearms, explosives offences, fraud, false documents

6 Handed over to Immigration Authorities

23 On police bail awaiting charging decisions

1 Cautioned

0 Dealt with under youth offending procedures

4 Dealt with under mental health legislation

0 Transferred to PSNI custody

126 Released without charge

2 Remanded under extradition warrant

3 Result of Investigation awaits

1 Breach of bail, not charged

257 Total

4 Terrorism Act convictions

4 Convicted with Terrorism Act offences AND one or more offence under other legislation (E.g. murder, grievous bodily harm, fi rearms, explosives offences, fraud, false documents, etc includes conspiracies)

10 Convicted under other legislation only.E.g. murder, grievous bodily harm, fi rearms, explosives offences, fraud, false documents, etc includes conspiracies.

43 At or awaiting trial for terrorism related offences at time of publication

22 At or awaiting trial for non-terrorism related offences only

0 Awaiting sentence

These statistics have been provided by the Metropolitan Police Service. They relate to those arrested in 2007 and the outcome of those arrests. It does not include those arrested in previous years but convicted in 2007.

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