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if someone was given a caution for abh 6 weeks ago then committed the same offence against me will the caution be took into account in crown court

SHELLP Tue 01/07/08 17:06

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New Judge
Tue 01/07/08
17:29

Cautions cannot be made known during a trial (except under certain circumstances where "bad character" is alleged) and they are not usually to be taken into account when sentencing.

SHELLP
Tue 01/07/08
17:44

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thanks new judge so even though he gave me a black eye and was given a caution it will not be used when he gets sentenced for assulting me again and holding at knife point .any idea what lkikely to get

sara3
Tue 01/07/08
19:20

in my experience, if he is found guilty any "relevant" (ie; similar offences and not years ago) antecedents will be brought up and taken into consideration when sentencing.

gingerslove
Tue 01/07/08
19:41

My understanding of cautions is that if you commit another offence of a similar type within a certain period of time, the caution WILL be taken into when sentencing.

Use this link to the Home Office website where cautions and the use of cautions are explained in detail.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/powers/cau tioning/

Annlinda
Sat 05/07/08
07:54

I agree with gingerglove. If a caution for an offence has been issued a relatively short time before an offence of a similar nature is commited when it comes to sentencing the caution is noted by the sentencers

Querelle12
Wed 09/07/08
13:14

Two possibilities:

If the offender has a trial and denies that he was violent it is likely that his caution will be introduced in evidence as showing that he has a tendency to violence, especially against you.

If he pleads guilty the fact of the caution, and the fact that this was a second assault on the same victim will aggravate the sentence passed.

oyce
Fri 24/10/08
20:46

I suggest you change your negative cause and effect from time without beginning and read the Lotus Sutra by Burton Watson, the best Engish version, Nichren Shoshu Buddhism
and look into this Buddhism.

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