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Sentencing in England and Wales refers to a bench of magistrates or district judge in a magistrate's court or a judge in the Crown Court passing sentence on a person found guilty of a criminal offence. In deciding the sentence, the court will take into account a number of factors: the type of offence and how serious it is, the timing of any ...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, section 127. A general power of Crown Court to impose a sentence of imprisonment on conviction on indictment is created by section 77 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 It was formerly created by each of the following provisions in turn: The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 7(1)
Courts are empowered by sections 130 to 133 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 [42] to order payment of compensation by a convicted defendant. The limit is £5,000 per offence in a magistrates' court; the powers of the Crown Court are unlimited. The Criminal Damage Act 1971 repealed the Dockyards, &c. Protection Act 1772 (12 ...
A former finance manager who worked for Age UK has been jailed after admitting stealing almost £460,000 from the charity. Rachel Limbrick, 58, who worked at Age UK Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty ...
A third defendant who pleaded guilty in a felony fraud case involving the failed renovation of a Palm Beach hotel will serve no prison time, a Connecticut judge ruled Tuesday in a New Haven courtroom.
A Miami judge overseeing a lawsuit against hotel developer Rodrigo Azpurua has ruled in favor of the Venezuelan-American businessman, saying that the two dozen investors who filed the claim ...
Court for Crown Cases Reserved; François Benjamin Courvoisier; Criminal Attempts Act 1981; Criminal Cases Review Commission; Criminal damage in English law; Criminal Defence Service Act 2006; Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008; Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; Criminal Justice Act 1925; Criminal Justice Act 1993; Criminal ...
The Court of Appeal may quash any sentence which is the subject of the appeal and in place of it pass such sentence as they think is appropriate, so long as taking the case as a whole, the appellant is not dealt with more severely by the Court of Appeal than by the Crown Court. [12] Appeals against findings of unfitness to plead [13]