Magistrates Sentencing

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Foolish One

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Hi all,

I am to appear before the magistrates for drink driving with 63mg of breathe. I am going to plead guilty. I have a previous conviction for speeding and I realise that they will read this out in open court at point of sentence. I am however very worried that they will also read out an entirely unrelated previous conviction for a non motoring offence.

Does anyone know if they only read out relevant previous convictions i.e. motoring offences or do they read out someones entire police record?
Thanks in advance
 
Some prosecutors will always hand in an entire print out of a persons previous convictions and certainly the Court are entitled to see it. However, only relevant previous convictions will actually make a difference to sentence and for this reason most prosecutors won't hand in a record that contains only irrelevant offences or offences which are spent.

The answer to your question really depends on what your conviction is for and how long ago it was.
 
Sean,
Thank you for your answer and time.

The offence was entirely non motoring or alcohol related.

I am aware that the bench will see my PNC printout but I am concerned that they will read it out in open court. That is my question, do they generally just read out the relevant offences? For example speeding.

Thanks again.
 
If it is not alcohol related then strictly speaking your conviction is not relevant. However, the Prosecution may wish to read it out. Lawyers frequently argue against such a course of action.
 
Sean,
Thank you once again for your answer.
Is there anyway I can request the CPS dont read it out as it is an irelevant conviction? When I was done for speeding at Court they never read it out there.
 
We can act for you if you wish. If you want to discuss this with us please feel free to give us a call on 01942 774179 and ask for Julie Robertson, one of the specialist motoring defence solicitors.
 
Sean,

Can you advise of likely costs for such a service?

I also wonder if you can give me an indication of just how likely it is that the CPS would read out all my convictions?

I have read there website and it says that it is rare for all convictions to be read. Is this so in your experience? I am really worried about this but dont want to throw money down the drain needlesly as Im going to need it for all the taxis I will be taking over the next year!!

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