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Sorry you're facing court with such few numbers. Realistically, the starting point is 26 weeks custody which is low to begin with so if you plead guilty (30% off), and have some mitigating factors like 'sought help' etc then I suspect this will be a community order. I don't know if they would keep it in magistrates or not, sometimes solicitors prefer the crown court to get a more seasoned judge.

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First up, I'm so sorry I remember the build up to court all too well and it was horrendous. My partners case was sent to Crown Court he pleaded guilty and various factors included he ended up with a suspended sentence, unpaid work and ordered for therapy.



Luckily for us we had told people from the day of the knock that was happening, when my partner confided in what had happened. What was happening and what was going on his family were extremely supportive and my parents were too (they was the only ones to know from my family) my children's father originally was brilliant and actually helped us out with social services alot and they originally closed our case.



If he is honest he may be surprised at the outcome of these conversations and you too. Although, that being Said I remember my partner in these moments, during these conversations, in the weeks leading up to court and he honestly believed his life was over. There were many times he'd go missing and I honestly thought was going to do something stupid but he has made it out the other side. He is getting the help he needs, me too and sometimes, it's almost like a relief without all of the police and the courts and things hanging over you. You learn to truly be happy in the little moments. It will be ok. Just try your best to reassure your partner. He's not a bad person jhst done some stupid bad shit that's all.

Similar numbers here. All stayed at magistrates, 12 month community order (120 hours unpaid work) and 5 year SOR.

Out of interest, did your solicitor push for caution or were you hoping police would opt for one by themselves?

Ah I see. Usually the window to do it is before the CPS makes a charging decision and it's up to the solicitor to engage with the CPS to try and convince them that a conditional caution is a better option.

5 images 2 cat a 3 cat b stayed at magistrates, 180 hours community pay back, 1 year sor, 1 year supervision there was no shpo, media attention I came off social media as it went boom but we got more support than anything to be honest I work heavily within the community and have had no issues, oh lost his job but had only been in it few weeks, he got another job 2 weeks later and has since had promotion to team leader only been in the job 7 months, we had the last police visit in October there will be a phone call end of January.and he has only 2 more visits with his supervisor. First thing we will do in February will get his name off Google search as conviction will be spent and I feel we can move on with life, oh still attends a private psychologist on a monthly basis this has helped him grow in self esteem massively

Staying in magistrates for my OH happened on the day. It's because crown courts are full and magistrates hold the sentencing power which covers most of these cases.

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I think if it involves Cat A, it usually ends up in Crown. But I do wonder with the court backlog if magistrates are being asked to hang on to more of these cases if they aren't 100s of images of the worst category.