Where an offender had spent time in custody abroad, even after fleeing his prosecution here, it was proper to make some allowance for that period in custody against a sentence to be imposed here. This situation was outside the one provided for by statute. Although some allowance should be made it was not the full time spent in custody. The allowance should be reduced because the defendants had brought this upon themselves, they had committed a bail offence, and the time spent in custody had been lengthened by their own resistance.
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Times 08-Mar-2000
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85372