Offend and Take Your Ticket in the Postcode Jail Lottery ; Southwales Hot-Spotfor Beinggivena Prisonterm

Western Mail › December 02, 2010

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OFFENDERS in Wales face a postcode lottery when they appear in court with some magistrates imposing harsher sentences than others, official data has revealed.

Around 20% offenders sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court are given prison sentences, with the average jail term lasting three-and-a-halfmonths.

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Offend and Take Your Ticket in the Postcode Jail Lottery ; Southwales Hot-Spotfor Beinggivena Prisonterm

However, little more than 1% of people sentenced at magistrates' courts in Ammanford and Llandovery faced a prison sentence in 2009, with an average term of just 20 days, though mo...

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