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The guideline is whether, taking the prosecution case at its most serious, the court believes that a magistrates' court has sufficient powers of sentence. If so, the case will be accepted, and a date will be held for a subsequent hearing in a magistrates' court – otherwise the case will be sent to the Crown Court, as with Indictable offences ...
The maximum prison sentence in the magistrates' court is six months (which may be imposed consecutively up to 12 months for two triable either-way offences). There is also a range of ancillary sentences available to the courts, such as compensation orders, costs, restraining orders and disqualification orders, depending on the type of offence.
The maximum penalty is 14 years' imprisonment. In 1985 Murray Farquhar, the former Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of New South Wales, was convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice to have charges against Kevin Humphreys dismissed and sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison. [10]
40% of the fine value (£2,000 maximum) Community sentence £114 Custodial sentence of 6 months and below £154 Custodial sentence, 6 months to 2 years £187 Custodial sentence over 2 years £228 (only in Crown Court) Other figures apply for legal persons who are not individuals; and offenders aged under 18.
Magistrates also sit at the Crown Court to hear appeals against verdict and/or sentence from the magistrates' court. In these cases the magistrates form a panel with a judge. [58] A magistrate is not allowed to sit in the Crown Court on the hearing of an appeal in a matter on which they adjudicated in the magistrates' court. There is a right of ...
Successive Home Secretaries are known to have imposed whole life orders for at least 23 murderers between 1983 and 2002 (note, this list is incomplete). In 2002, a former Junior Home Office Minister during the 1980s, Douglas Hogg, admitted to setting 600 tariffs between 1986 and 1989 on behalf of the Home Secretary.
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He was given 17 64 year sentences and 8 24 year sentences totalling 1,256 years. Given another 10-year sentence. [52] Sentenced to 6 years in 2003 for the bank robbery before. Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi 2007 1,243 years Spain: Perpetrators of the 1995 Vallecas bombing. They were expected to serve a maximum sentence of 30 years.