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Old 17-03-2012, 13:24   #1
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Sobriety orders to be piloted

Clearly taking a leaf from the T Blair bumper book of headline grabbing but unworkable ideas the government wants to introduce bans on people getting drunk.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17407493

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Offenders who commit alcohol-fuelled crimes are to be monitored with ankle tags and breath-tested to ensure they stop drinking, under government plans.
So just who monitors these? And what happens when they are inevitably broken?

Breaching bail or conditional court punishments are already rarely punished and even if people are jailed where will they be put?
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