Appeals Against Sentence - Summary

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This gives guidance on benefit fraud.

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In this case, the Sheriff Appeal Court issued guidance about whether there is a general rule that a fine payable by instalments should be repaid within a year, and concluded that, in fact, there is no such rule.

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In this case, the Sheriff Appeal Court issued guidance for courts on the approach to take when imposing a compensation requirement as part of a community payback order (CPO), or a compensation order, when the accused has pled guilty at an early stage of proceedings.

 In particular the case is about whether courts should in those circumstances reduce (discount) the amount of compensation to be paid, and if so whether the compensation should attract the same level of discount as other types of sentence.