Sentencing
The Judge will consider the facts and evidence presented by the Police
and the evidence and submissions made by your solicitor when deciding the appropriate penalty to be imposed. The Judge will normally require a Pre-Sentence report before imposing a sentence.
Pre-sentence Report
These reports are prepared by an officer of the Probation & Parole service.
Matters are normally adjourned for 6 weeks for a full pre sentence report.
The officer from Probation & Parole will interview you and from this interview they will prepare a report that includes your comments about why you committed the offence and your background. It is important that you co-operate fully with the officer as the officer will make recommendations as to an appropriate sentence in their report.
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