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Effectiveness of terrorism laws questioned as terrorism charges fall 80% over same period

Tuesday 30 November 2010 at 7:03 am | In News | Post Comment

It emerged last month that no one stopped and searched under anti-terrorism laws last year went on to be arrested for suspected terrorist offences despite police using the power more than 100,000 times.

A total of 12 suspects were charged under counter-terrorism laws in 2009/10 compared with 54 in 2006/07. Of those, only five were prosecuted and three convicted, compared with 47 prosecutions and 32 convictions in 2006/07.

Report, Daily Telegraph, 26 November 2010, pg 18