{"id":85,"date":"2025-12-05T06:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:16:33","slug":"sentencing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/courts\/criminal\/sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull banner\" style=\"padding-top:4vh;padding-right:3vw;padding-bottom:4vh;padding-left:3vw;min-height:450px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-59 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/criminal-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-7ca5745e wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/courts\/\">Courts<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/courts\/criminal\/\">Criminal Proceedings<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Sentencing<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sentencing<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-66797e6f346d0257032aabc2b7ddd333\">This page will outline the different types of sentence <br>and how a court makes a decision about sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The purpose of sentencing is:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the punishment of offenders;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the reduction of crime;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the reform and rehabilitation of offenders;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the protection of the public; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the making of reparation by offenders to the persons affected by their offenceds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deciding A Sentence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f77e2de0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sentening Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Courts of the Falkland Islands apply the Setencing Guidelines issued by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk\/\">Sentencing Council of England and Wales.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overarching Sentencing Guideline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sentencing Guidelines Committee of the Falkland Islands has issued an Overarching Sentencing Guideline.&nbsp; This Guideline is applied by the Courts of the Falkland Islands when deciding upon sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.gov.fk\/images\/April_2021_Overarching_Guideline_FINAL_APPROVED.pdf\">Overarching Sentencing Guideline (April 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enforcement or Breach of a Sentence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you fail to comply with a sentence, you may be summonsed to appear back before the court for either enforcement action or breach proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fines Enforcement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you fail to pay a financial penalty as ordered, the court will summons you to appear before it and explain why you have failed to make payment.&nbsp; Enforcement may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>vary the terms of payment; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>revoke the financial order and re-sentence you; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>make an attachment of earnings order; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>issue a distress warrant; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>order that you serve a term of imprisonment for non-payment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are unable to pay as you have been ordered, you should contact the court office as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breach Proceedings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you breach a community order or a suspended sentence supervision sentence, you will be summonsed back before the court.&nbsp; If the court is satisfied that you have, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with any of the requirements of your community order it may:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>impose more onerous requiements onto your community order; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>re-sentence you for the original offence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing-768x1920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/stages-of-sentencing-614x1536.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sentencing Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.549864522331964;width:912px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/types-of-sentence-infograph-1536x602.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discharges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two types of a discharge options available to a court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f77e2de0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absolute Discharge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If, having looked at all the cirucmstances of the offence and your characteristics, the court may decide to give you an absolute discharge.&nbsp; This means you will be convicted of the offence but there is no additional punishment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conditional Discharge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If, having looked at all the cirucmstances of the offence and your characteristics, the court may decide to give you an absolute discharge. This means you will be convicted of the offence but there is no additional punishment unless you are convicted of another offence within a set period of time.&nbsp; If you are convicted of a further offence, you may be sentenced for the orginal offence and the further offence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04d632e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The court may impose a financial penalty (a fine).&nbsp; The Summary Court may impose a fine up to a maximum of \u00a35,000.&nbsp; The Magistrate&#8217;s Court and the Supreme Court have no limit to their fining powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the court are considering imposing a financial penalty, you will be asked to complete a means form.&nbsp; The court will take your financial circumstances into consideration when applying the Sentencing Guidelines to your offence.&nbsp; A financial penalty is based upon your weekly income.&nbsp; More information about the fine bands is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk\/explanatory-material\/magistrates-court\/item\/fines-and-financial-orders\/approach-to-the-assessment-of-fines-2\/2-fine-bands\/\">available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to pay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 3 ways you may pay your financial penalty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In person at the court office with cash or local cheque; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard Chartered local bank transfer; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UK bank transfer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find further information on your Notice of Sentence.&nbsp; If you require any further assistance regarding your financial penalty, please contact the court office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Orders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04d632e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04d632e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>A community order is a sentence which is carried out whilst you are a part of the community.&nbsp; A coomunity order may require you to undertake one or more of the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an unpaid work requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an activity requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a programme requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a prohibited activity requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a curfew requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an exclusion requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a residence requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a foreign travel prohibition requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a mental health treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a drug rehabilitation requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an alcohol treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an intoxicating substance treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a supervision requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an electronic monitoring requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Before a court imposes a community order, it will likely seek a Pre-Setence Report from the Probation Officer.&nbsp; You will be required to attend meetings with the Probation Officer to facilitate this report.&nbsp; If the court imposes a community order, any additional requirements will be tailored to what the Probation Service is able to provide and support, and what will best acheive the aims of sentencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Custodial Sentence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-04d632e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The court may decide that the offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence is appropriate.&nbsp; If this is the case, it is likely the court will request a Pre-Sentence Report from the Probation Officer.&nbsp; You will be required to attend meetings with the Probation Officer to facilitate this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the court imposes a custodial sentence it may order for the sentence to take immediate effect, or it may suspended the sentence for up to two years.&nbsp; If your custodial sentence is to take effect immediately, you will be taken into custody in the court and taken to HMP Stanley from there.&nbsp; You will be eligible for release after serving two-thirds of your sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Suspended Sentences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your sentence is not more than 2 years imprisonment, the court may suspended your sentence.&nbsp; That means you will not be taken into custody unless you commit a further offence within a set period of time (known as &#8216;the operational period&#8217;).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suspended Sentence Supervision Order<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the court imposes a suspended sentence it may make a suspended sentence supervision order.&nbsp; This means that you are placed under the supervision of the Probation Officer.&nbsp; The court may also attach any of the following requirements to the supervision order which seem appropriate to acheiving the aims of sentencing:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an unpaid work requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an activity requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a programme requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a prohibited activity requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a curfew requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an exclusion requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a residence requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a foreign travel prohibition requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a mental health treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a drug rehabilitation requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an alcohol treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an intoxicating substance treatment requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a supervision requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an electronic monitoring requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As with a suspended sentence, the period of imprisonment will not take effect unless you commit a further offence with the operational period of the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;color:#eeeeee\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ancillary Orders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An ancillary order is not the punishment.&nbsp; It is an order the court imposes in addition to the sentence.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of ancillary orders include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Driving Disqualification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sexual Harm Prevention Orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forfeiture Orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compensation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restitution Order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f9fafb;padding-top:10vh;padding-bottom:10vh\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For more information, please contact <br>the Courts &amp; Tribunals Department<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll find our office hours, location, and full contact details below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of sentencing is: Deciding A Sentence Sentening Guidelines The Courts of the Falkland Islands apply the Setencing Guidelines&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sentencing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This page will outline the different types of sentence and how a court makes a decision about sentence.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/courts\/criminal\/sentencing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sentencing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This page will outline the different types of sentence and how a court makes a decision about sentence.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/courts\/courts\/criminal\/sentencing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Courts &amp; 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