(12 February 2013, 15:05)NorthernRaider Wrote: I think it actually worded more like a Person or Persons CONVICTED of an Arrestable offence where upon convition the sentence could be imprisonment, Its the actual CONVICTION that nobbles you not the actual sentence, I think ?
I copied that straight from the MET website. It is a bit vague though
The
verdict is the decision "guilty or not guilty" (in some courts, other verdicts are possible).
The
sentence is the punishment imposed as a result of a guilty verdict.
A
conviction exists when the verdict is "guilty" but not when the verdict is "not guilty."
So, the jury might return a
verdict of "guilty" when you are tried for murder. You are therefore
convicted of murder and you may be
sentenced to life in prison.
So you can't have a conviction without a sentence, so I can only presume that the wording is correct, and if you do a stretch of 3 or more years, then you're S.O.O.L