tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post8616495554248383168..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Police Sergeant jailed for 6 monthsObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-52425748821895272022010-11-19T09:28:59.908+00:002010-11-19T09:28:59.908+00:00Assault occasioning actual bodily harm is triable ...Assault occasioning actual bodily harm is triable either-way. I am also very surprised that any magistrates' court retained jurisdiction in the case given that a magistrates court has a maximum sentencing power of 6 months imprisonment. Also, having found him guilty, I wonder why the magistrates' court did not commit him to Crown Court for sentence. A further point relates to compensation which a magistrates' court is able award and must give reasons if it does not.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-23779768549491853392010-09-08T17:52:59.922+01:002010-09-08T17:52:59.922+01:00I must add my concern that the DJ or a bench retai...I must add my concern that the DJ or a bench retained jurisdiction. It must be assumed that an "all options" PSR had been requested and that adds to bewilderment. I find it difficult to believe that any of my colleagues would have desisted from sending to Crown Court for sentence even in the unlikely event that jurisdiction had been retained. <br /><br />J.P.s in my opinion are generally over cautious insofar as sending matters to Crown Court. I recollect Jack Straw a year or so ago arguing that c 20,000 cases sent resulted in sentences of 6 months or fewer.The Justice of the Peacehttp://thejusticeofthepeace.blog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-15428039671533304412010-09-07T21:24:34.999+01:002010-09-07T21:24:34.999+01:00This is not justice
if it was a member of public ...This is not justice <br />if it was a member of public he would have been tried in Crown court and iprisioned for 2 years atleast. That is why police does what it wants .They have no fear of anything . He will be out in 3 months , then he will be given a job in another police force by his sympathisers in the force . He will do it again , next time with the cameras switched off .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com