Conditional Suspended Sentences
In some courts Judges can deal with a case by way of a suspended sentence with conditions of supervision. This means the Judge will normally:
- request and consider a probation officer’s pre-sanction report;
- issue a prison sentence of a number of months or years;
- suspend all or part of it for a period of time conditional on the offender being under the supervision of a probation officer.
Other conditions may also be included in the supervision order. This type of sentence is more common in the higher courts.
