ABSTRACT

Where the offender is convicted of a further offence which was committed during the period of the deferment, the court passing sentence on him for the later offence may also pass sentence on him in respect of the offence for which sentence was deferred. The only exception to this is that if sentence on the original offence was deferred by the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court cannot deal with the original offence. If sentence on the original offence was deferred by a magistrates’ court and the offender is being dealt with for the later offence by the Crown Court, the Crown Court may only impose a sentence which the magistrates could have imposed when it is dealing with the original offence (see s 2(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000).