commit crime

It also helps users avoid unpleasant encounters with either side of the law and diminishes the incentive to commit crime: why trap or steal when you can score every day for free?

"But you only have to look at the mental health and drug problems of those in prison, the literacy and numeracy of those in prison, to realise that a lot more social care needs to be devoted to those, not merely who do commit crime, but to those who are at risk of committing crime, to keep them away from criminal justice issues."

More than a million people were expected at Carnival on Monday, a majority of whom police said had come "to celebrate" with a "minority of people using it as an opportunity to commit crime, including violence".

Ahead of this year's carnival, the Met described it as a fixture in London’s cultural calendar that was also a "challenging event to police with very dense crowds and a regrettable history of a minority of people using it as an opportunity to commit crime, including violence".

Their ability to produce realistic text, images, audio and video has prompted concern about their capacity to steal jobs, influence elections and commit crime.