Therefore, for assault could be incarcerated again (2,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
as a result
'therefore' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'assault could be incarcerated again' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'incarcerated' is an insertion indicator.
'again' becomes 're'.
'assault' with letters rearranged gives 'asasult'.
'asasult' placed around 're' is 'AS A RESULT'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Another definition for as a result that I've seen is " So".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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