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Hi everyone, hope you are all coping ok. My OH has his sentencing tomorrow ( if it doesn't get relisted again). My anxiety these last few days has hit the roof, I'm crying all the time and I'm extremely worried. The knock is exactly 2 years and 11 months today. I chose to stay with my partner and support him through all this and I must say it's been horrible, the limbo stage is the worst and all I think about is him going to prison. He had a meeting with his barrister and it was positive. He thinks it will be a suspended sentence and he is really pushing for that. He told us all the judges have been told to really really consider if a custodial is the right option as the prisons are so overcrowded so there's that hope to cling to.
It's such an anxious time, I really hope the next 24 hours or so pass quickly and easily for you. Fingers crossed xxx
Fingers crossed for you X I can't believe you've been waiting almost three years. We only started this journey two and a half months ago and that's been bad enough. Hope all goes as well as it can x
Yeah it's crazy we've waited nearly 3 years, a sentence in itself! The barrister did say the long wait will work in his favour though so there's some hope too.
Thinking of you both today xxx
Fingers crossed xx
Thinking of you and I hope all goes in your favour tomorrow
Thinking of you both xx
Thinking of you today
Thinking of you both today, and hoping for a good outcome
Thinking of you and your partner and everything crossed for tomorrow xxx
Sending you both strength x
Wishing you the best for tomorrow. 3 years and 5 months in and still no court or charges for us. Please let us know how it goes x
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Lots of Love Lou, Just keep telling yorself, by this time tomorrow, it coul all be over....
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Thankyou everyone, omg 3 years 5 months T2021! That is absolutely ridiculous! And no court hearings yet?. It's disgusting that the wait is so long. It is a sentence itself as you have this horrible feeling of dread hanging over you. All I'm thinking about is prison, I just have a picture in my mind of the judge issuing a custodial and my whole world falling apart! I have a house, a mortgage kids still at home ( they are young adults though) I just don't know how I'll cope
Hi everyone, so my oh sentencing has been relisted to February next year!! What a farce!. I have been building upto it this last week, the stress and anxiety is awful!. So it will be over 3 years since the knock. Seems ridiculous if they thought he was such a high risk and give him a custodial! Yet he's been living a normal life the last three years ( albeit with this hell hanging over us!)
Oh my goodness!! It is an absolute farce. I don't really know what to say to you but send you a hug x
Thank you love, yeah the justice system is a mess! I just hope it ends up a suspended sentence after all this time. If not he will appeal
Louise49,
I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Hopefully it wil go well.
I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Hopefully it wil go well.
CM it's been relisted, New sentencing date is now beginning of Feb next year
Oh gosh! I am so sorry to read this. You must be exhausted!
I do so hope the judge takes all the re-listings into account for your OH.
hope you're relaxing tonight xx
I do so hope the judge takes all the re-listings into account for your OH.
hope you're relaxing tonight xx
Good grief!! A farce indeed.
3 years, it's torture, so so unfair. You've served a 3 year sentence! I get so angry about the length of time these cases take to conclude.
This is the only area of the justice system I've ever experienced, but do other offences (burglary, fraud, assault and so on) take this long...doubt it.
I feel for you, i really do. Yes, hopefully the Court will see that you have suffered enough and avoid the unthinkable.
Sending love and support X
3 years, it's torture, so so unfair. You've served a 3 year sentence! I get so angry about the length of time these cases take to conclude.
This is the only area of the justice system I've ever experienced, but do other offences (burglary, fraud, assault and so on) take this long...doubt it.
I feel for you, i really do. Yes, hopefully the Court will see that you have suffered enough and avoid the unthinkable.
Sending love and support X
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This is so cruel. It's a sentence in itself the wait but the cruelty of having to gear yourself up for sentencing, for it to not happen is another things. There seems to be such a huge variety in how long investigation take. What blows my mind is our people are considered dangerous enough to need SOR and SHPOs that consume a huge amount of resources, yet they are not dangerous enough for the cases to be seen by the court. I can understand why it takes so long to bring charges, anything crime that digital /online comes with a huge amount of data to work through - Chat logs on multiple app, videos and images, Internet and app history and retrieving historic /deleted data.
I hope it happens next time and that the wait is considered on his sentencing.
I hope it happens next time and that the wait is considered on his sentencing.
Sal exactly that!. Like for the last three years he's been carrying on as normal, going to work, going about his daily life. So then he'll go to court and they may deem him high risk and think he should go to prison! What about the risk for the last three years! It's so hypocritical. My other fear is media and how they can print what they like. My OH is now on the SOR which is private and strictly monitored yet the press can print his name and address and the fact he's on the SOR??! Well that's not private is it! I know we have freedom of press but in my view they have too much freedom and ruin peoples lives!
Hi Louise no nothing apart from the knock and a second interview two years later. And still nothing. X x
immso sorry yours has been relisted again x
immso sorry yours has been relisted again x
I genuinely think the wait and the unknown is worse than the actual sentence. We are almost 2 years to the day if charge and he'll have served his sense. 3 year and 3 months since the arrest. The unknown is the hardest part. We have so much to navigate but at least we can start to move forward and make plans
I genuinely think the wait and the unknown is worse than the actual sentence. We are almost 2 years to the day if charge and he'll have served his sense. 3 year and 3 months since the arrest. The unknown is the hardest part. We have so much to navigate but at least we can start to move forward and make plans