Triable only on indictment
Maximum: Life imprisonment
Offence range: 1 - 13 years' custody
This is a Schedule 19 offence for the purposes of sections 274 and section 285 (required life sentence for offence carrying life sentence) of the Sentencing Code.
This is a specified offence for the purposes of sections 266 and 279 (extended sentence for certain violent, sexual or terrorism offences) of the Sentencing Code.
Where sentencing an offender for a qualifying third domestic burglary, the Court must apply section 314 of the Sentencing Code and impose a custodial term of at least three years, unless it is satisfied that there are particular circumstances which relate to any of the offences or to the offender which would make it unjust to do so.