Sentencing


Using the graph below, you can work out the proportion of our clients who were convicted or who had pled Guilty to offences and the sentences that they received.

[ Prison – 20% ]
[ Community Penalties – 62% ]
[ Fined – 4% ]
[ Conditionally Discharged – 14% ]
{figures based on closed files between 01/07/11 – 30/09/11)

Based on our quarterly figures in the Magistrates’ Court, you can see from the above table that only one-fifth of our clients were sent to Prison.

The majority of those who, on our advice, pled Guilty at an early stage in the proceedings or who were found Guilty following trials, received Community Based Penalties.

Community Based Penalties, typically require the convicted person to engage for a period of time with the Probation Service in performing either a Supervision Order or an Unpaid Work Requirement or a combination of those and other Requirements as felt appropriate by the Courts.

A smaller proportion of our clients received either Financial Penalties or Conditional Discharges for involvement in certain lower end criminal offences.