NAPIT supports plans for tougher sentencing of tool thieves

NAPIT has welcomed plans calling for changes to the law so that tool thieves face tougher sentences reflecting the full impact of their crimes.
Amanda Martin, MP for Portsmouth North, and the sister of an electrician, has tabled the Tools of Trade Theft (Sentencing) Bill, which will have its second reading in Parliament on 25 April.
She is calling for changes so that theft of tools is classed as causing “significant additional harm” and sentencing should factor in total financial los