21.   Contempt carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment, and is the only serious crime in English law which is triable by judges alone.

22.   The Sinn Fein Vice-President, Martin McGuinness is being questioned by the police about serious terrorist crimes in Londonderry.

23.   Police now believe up to nine serious crimes may be linked.

24.   Three people with incendiary devices were found in a car... they said they had been intending to commit a serious crime and they just walk out of court.

25.   He also boasted that he had committed other serious crimes.

26.   Over recent months we have seen several convictions for serious crimes overturned.

27.   Foreign nationals found guilty of serious crimes sometimes manage to escape deportation if they face a grim fate back home.

28.   Taking the face off someone is a serious crime, I admit that.

29.   But their anti-liberalism turned on its head when they were asked if shoplifting was a serious crime.

30.   However the failure of someone to go to mass is considered to be a serious crime.