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Chooks

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October 2020

19 posts

Posted Wed January 3, 2024 12:18pmReport post

Hi, does anyone have any experience or guidance around sentencing date delay? My person plead guilty in June 2023 (the knock was September 2020). Sentencing at Crown was then adjourned for 4 weeks for a presentence report. A day before his court date it was adjourned. He's been told a couple of times it will be in the next 3 months, then the next 4 weeks, but then nothing. So far, still no date. Has anyone had this experience with such a delay? I'm surprised sentencing would take so long after a guilty plea.

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Mandymoo

Member since
September 2021

297 posts

Posted Wed January 3, 2024 2:32pmReport post

My sons was delayed twice. We finally got a date 3 months after the original date x

Louise49

Member since
January 2021

494 posts

Posted Sun January 7, 2024 11:54amReport post

My partner got multiple cancellations for plea hearings and I think the sentence hearing has been relisted 3 times!. He's still not been sentenced, the next hearing is February. It's been 3 years since the knock!. The justice system is a farce! I have stayed with my partner but it's taken such a toll on our lives, the constant worry is horrible

EBP

Member since
September 2021

211 posts

Posted Mon January 8, 2024 2:51amReport post

We're into the week of Crown Court sentencing. I am now really anxious that it may be deferred at the last minute. I have accepted the various options ,even including custody for my son. However I don't think I can cope with it being delayed. It feels like I'm holding my breath underwater,until I resurface.

How have others coped in the week before?

Mandymoo

Member since
September 2021

297 posts

Posted Mon January 8, 2024 12:02pmReport post

I'll be honest I didn't cope the week before. I was a complete mess. So full of fear and anxiety. I think I'm a strong person on the whole but I didn't deal with this very well xx

Ocean

Member since
September 2023

792 posts

Posted Mon January 8, 2024 8:21pmReport post

Hi EBP, the week before sentencing is awful. My anxiety was sky high and I also felt an overwhelming sadness which was like a physical pain in my tummy. My son was told to prepare for prison so I put on a brave face for his sake and supported him with all the practical preparation. We read a couple of articles in which people were sharing their prison experience and found out as much as we could about the early days.
Fortunately my son received a suspended sentence but I had got myself so stressed out by then that it took me weeks to start to feel any better.
I really feel for you both and am sending you a big virtual hug.

EBP

Member since
September 2021

211 posts

Posted Tue January 9, 2024 1:48amReport post

Thankyou Ocean

I feel that I am just counting down the hours.

Our son has asked to stay with us the night before ,in case he gets a prison sentence the next day. I think he is finally realising this is really serious. I am very anxious about the huge responsibility we have ahead of us,to rehabilitate our adult son and all the complexities involved.

How helpful are Probation,in supporting the family?
I just want sentencing decided,then we know what other decisions we need to make,to move forward. I hope!
This forum has been my secret haven. Thankyou

Ocean

Member since
September 2023

792 posts

Posted Wed January 10, 2024 10:40pmReport post

Hi EBP, I just want to let you know that I'll be thinking of you and your son tomorrow and hoping for a positive outcome.



In answer to your question about probation, my son has found his probation officer to be great.

EBP

Member since
September 2021

211 posts

Posted Wed January 10, 2024 11:32pmReport post

Thankyou Ocean

We livebin hope that he will return home to restart a better way of living.

EBP

Member since
September 2021

211 posts

Posted Fri January 12, 2024 1:22pmReport post

Thankyou Ocean

He received a suspended sentence,100 hrs community work & 60 hours RAR (rehab)

SOR for 10 years!

No SHPO prepared for court so will return (possibly via video) in February. This will be at the court expense,not ours.

He has just re-registered with police as now post sentence and given our home address as residence. We are still working out the logistics/risks of him living with us.

I feel we are one more step along this horrible road.

Ocean

Member since
September 2023

792 posts

Posted Fri January 12, 2024 8:47pmReport post

Oh EBP, he's home and that's what matters. I remember feeling quite flat for a week or so after sentencing. I think I was so anxious before hand that my brain just couldn't take in what had actually happened. I was also fearful of the consequences of the 10 year SOR and SHPO restrictions. 4 months on I am more relaxed. My son completed his community hours today and has grown in confidence through having to do them. We have had no consequences to date of him living with us and life has settled into a new routine.
Thank you for letting me know and a big hug for both of you.