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OPINION - The Standard View: Violent criminals must understand that justice is coming

As police officers come under attack in Plymouth, Darlington and Belfast, and as reports circulate that far-Right thugs are planning protests in four London boroughs, it is vital that justice urgently takes its course.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has slammed the “disgraceful scenes of criminal violence and thuggery” we have witnessed in parts of the country, and warned that the violent criminals who have been on a rampage face being locked up within days.

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