someone I know has committed a large scale fraud. he has entered a guilty plea at magistrate's court and the hearing will be in a few weeks at crown court. he is expecting a prison sentence. so far he has had unconditional bail (his passport was taken away a while back). my question is, on the first hearing at crown court would you expect him to be remanded in custody, or would you expect an adjournment with further bail for pre-sentence reports? his wife doesn't know what to tell the kids to expect.
thanks again.. I don't want to plaster the finer details on here, but the expectation is a few years inside.
he has broken my best friend's heart, so I'm not worried about him (well, maybe a little concerned about how he'll cope). this is just about her and the kids.
I suspect it will make the national papers, so stand by....