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suspended sentences
My 22yr old brother is on a 2 year suspended sentence and doing community sevice for the cultivation and limited social supply of cannabis, this finally went through court last month. Last night he was arested with two friends for fighting, at the moment he is still at the polce station awaiting interview. One of the friends hit a police officer, my brother was apparently trying to stop a fight. This is being treated as a public order offence/affray.
What's likely to happen to him?
What's likely to happen to him?
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hi Kate. It will depend entirely on whether he is charged with anything (or convicted of anything)
As far as i know, if you get convicted of any other offece while on a suspended sentence then your original sentence (two years here) is reinstated, No matter if you are 1 day into suspended sentance or 1 year and 350 days
As far as i know, if you get convicted of any other offece while on a suspended sentence then your original sentence (two years here) is reinstated, No matter if you are 1 day into suspended sentance or 1 year and 350 days
thanks for the helpful answers, it's a shame that driving offences such as drink driving aren't taken into consideration ummmm
SIRandyraven - "None were his fault." Nowhere in my post did I say that these things weren't his fault, he WAS growing and dealing cannbis, he has beeen charged and sentenced for this crime. He was not the one fighting the police, he was trying to break up a fight. Maybe he is better in prison but then he will be a drain on the tax payer. At the moment he is only a drain on my mother (a tax payer)
I am in total agreement that he needs to change his ways, but wanted to know:
If he gets charged, but there isn't enough evidence for a conviction will he still do the time? Even if he's not charged or convicted I suppose probabtion services will be informed, could he be sent to prison even if the whole thing is dropped by the police?
SIRandyraven - "None were his fault." Nowhere in my post did I say that these things weren't his fault, he WAS growing and dealing cannbis, he has beeen charged and sentenced for this crime. He was not the one fighting the police, he was trying to break up a fight. Maybe he is better in prison but then he will be a drain on the tax payer. At the moment he is only a drain on my mother (a tax payer)
I am in total agreement that he needs to change his ways, but wanted to know:
If he gets charged, but there isn't enough evidence for a conviction will he still do the time? Even if he's not charged or convicted I suppose probabtion services will be informed, could he be sent to prison even if the whole thing is dropped by the police?
lol tell me about it, it took over a year to try the drugs case, his community service is a joke - starts at 10.30 home by 2pm, apparently that makes 7 hours?!! He was probably in possesion of some cannabis last night but manage to pass his belongings to a friend who wasn't arrested!
He'll never learn because he's not being punished.
He'll never learn because he's not being punished.
He won't neccesarily have his suspended sentence activated, it will depend on the severity of the charge. What he is arrested for is not automatically what he is charged with, the CPS may decide to charge a lesser or a higher offence or no offence at all. The magistrates/ judge could in fact decide to act a requirement to his suspended setence e.g, longer curfew or more hours of unpaid work.
