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section 18 wounding with intent?
hi i am recently on bail for section 18 wounding with intent, i was at collage and i was getting threatend so the next day i brung a few mates down so none of his mates joined in, we was talkin for about 5min then i punched him n then we went bk to lessons, i found out later on he had a broken jaw in 2 places, im on bail for section 18 wounding with intent, i have been in court before for a motoring offence when was 16, i am nearly 17 now, can any one tell mi what i am looking at???
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'Section 18' is an extremely serious charge. It's only one step below 'attempted murder' and carries the same maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Judges are given sentencing guidelines which state the the lowest level of 'Section 18' offences should be sentenced with a 'starting point' of 4 years imprisonment. The judge then has to consider the relevant factors involved in the case, but the final sentence should be in the range of 3 to 5 years.
However, when there's an element of premeditation (such as paying the guy a visit accompanied by a few of your mates), the starting point goes up to 5 years, with the sentencing range being 4 to 6 years.
Those sentencing guidelines apply to adult first-time offenders, who're convicted after a trial. An early guilty plea can result in a reduction of the sentence by up to a third.
While it's hard to be precise, I'd guess that, in view of your youth, the court would consider passing a sentence of around 2 to 3 years youth custody. However, with a good barrister, there's still a reasonable chance that you might avoid being 'sent down'. (In which case you'd be looking at something like 200 hours of unpaid work, plus a fine).
Chris
Judges are given sentencing guidelines which state the the lowest level of 'Section 18' offences should be sentenced with a 'starting point' of 4 years imprisonment. The judge then has to consider the relevant factors involved in the case, but the final sentence should be in the range of 3 to 5 years.
However, when there's an element of premeditation (such as paying the guy a visit accompanied by a few of your mates), the starting point goes up to 5 years, with the sentencing range being 4 to 6 years.
Those sentencing guidelines apply to adult first-time offenders, who're convicted after a trial. An early guilty plea can result in a reduction of the sentence by up to a third.
While it's hard to be precise, I'd guess that, in view of your youth, the court would consider passing a sentence of around 2 to 3 years youth custody. However, with a good barrister, there's still a reasonable chance that you might avoid being 'sent down'. (In which case you'd be looking at something like 200 hours of unpaid work, plus a fine).
Chris
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No, not saying that you weren't polite at all :-)
Just saying that though the OP might understand you, the rest of us couldn't, and as this is AnswerBank, the emphasis on bank bit here, these questions and answers are 'stored' for want of a better word. Wouldn't it be nice if anyone else suffering the same fate as mic here could read your reply and understand it too in the future?
Thanks for dropping the text lingo though- makes it so much easier ;-)
Just saying that though the OP might understand you, the rest of us couldn't, and as this is AnswerBank, the emphasis on bank bit here, these questions and answers are 'stored' for want of a better word. Wouldn't it be nice if anyone else suffering the same fate as mic here could read your reply and understand it too in the future?
Thanks for dropping the text lingo though- makes it so much easier ;-)
