Violent Offence Prevention Order (VOPO)
The court can give an offender a VOPO to protect the public/a victim if there is a risk the offender could case serious violent harm
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A court can make a VOPO against someone:
convicted of a specified offence
found not guilty of a specified offence by reason of insanity
found to be unfit to be tried and to have committed the specified offence as charged
A VOPO can also be given for:
offences and crimes committed before1 December 2016
offences and crimes committed abroad
Specified offences include:
manslaughter
malicious wounding
threat to kill
kidnapping
assault resulting in actual bodily harm
cruelty to children
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When someone is given a VOPO, the police need to know their whereabouts. They must give the police their personal information including:
name
date of birth
national insurance number
home address and any other addresses where they live
all intended travel within the United Kingdom
all intended travel outside the United Kingdom, or intended travel to the Republic of Ireland (when travelling for three days or more)
when living or staying for at least 12 hours in a household or other private place where a child lives or stays
bank accounts, credit and debit cards held, whether alone or with another person and whether in the name of an unincorporated business
passport or other forms of identification held
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Depending on the offender's case, the court can make certain conditions with the order.
The conditions can limit or ban the offender from:
doing certain activities
going to some places
seeing certain people
The offender might need to do a rehabilitation programme.
It's a criminal offence to break a condition of a Violent Offences Prevention Order. Charges include a fine, five years imprisonment, or both. You could get a fine, imprisoned for up to five years or both penalties.