Written evidence to be reported to the House
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
4:15 pm
Cindy Barnett: That is certainly one way in which you can end up with a suspended sentence. It need not only be a question of ends of tethers and persistence. The offence can be so serious that a custodial sentence is justified. Certainly, the option to step back from that and to impose a suspended sentence is one that has been used, we understand, in larger numbers than was originally forecast.