Jury Made Their Decision

[1991sw]

So the jury found my bf not guilty to section 18 with intent but found him guilty to section 20 without intent the judge sentenced him to 21 months in prison because he has done 4 months on remand how long will he have to serve?

[EDDIE51]

Sorry wrong words, the address he gives for home detention is subject to a 'home circumstances check' I do not know exactly what that means.

[1991sw]

Before he was sent on remand in august he was living in a emergency accommodation

[hc4361]

This is a very different situation to remand

[1991sw]

Eddie mentioned he needs to be tagged to an address before he was sent to prison which before he was sent o remand he was living in an emergency accommodation but he has put his mother's address down for the address for tag

[ummmm]

If he's put his mothers address down then he'll have to stay at his mothers if he's on tag. The tag people won't mess about with people changing addresses.

[1991sw]

Why have they given my bf 20th June? Is that 6 and a half months? His barrister said he will serve 5 months on good behaviour is this correct?

[EDDIE51]

Sorry, Emergency accommodation is only temporary and not a permanent checkable address, if he was living in emergency accommodation before he went to prison that is going to be a problem for release on 'tag'.
As soon as he went into remand his emergency accommodation would no longer be available to him so officially he is regarded as 'homeless'.
As I said they can only 'tag' you for release to an address that is your genuine residential home address, and he does not have such an address.
So I am sorry, but I do not think he can qualify for 'Home Detention Curfew' or 'Tag'. He will have to wait until June and serve his entire sentence in jail.
I know it's too late now but if he had accepted his barrister's advice to plead guilty to S20 he would have been released straight after the sentencing hearing. Remember this as a lesson if anything happens in the future!

[1991sw]

You are wrong Eddie he is allowed at his mother's address or emergency accommodation look it up

[EDDIE51]

It is the Prison governor in consultation with the probation service who decide if the address is suitable for HDC not me!
Remember he is not 'free' he is still serving his sentence until June.If he serves the last 4 months at home on 'tag' the probation service have to supervise him. They have to be sure the address he is 'Tagged' to is suitable and really is where he will be living.

[hc4361]

Some prisoners are sent to bail hostels when they are released on HDC but this would have to be arranged before he's released and it is not guaranteed that such a place would be suitable in his case.

[EDDIE51]

^ I know someone who had to live in a bail hostel, it was pretty grim, he actually said it was no better than jail .

[hc4361]

Bail hostels are horrible places