65 Previous convictions
Sentencing Act 2020 (2020 c 17) | Legislation

65  Previous convictions

(1)     This section applies where a court is considering the seriousness of an offence (“the current offence”) committed by an offender who has one or more relevant previous convictions.

(2)     The court must treat as an aggravating factor each relevant previous conviction that it considers can reasonably be so treated, having regard in particular to—

(a)     the nature of the offence to which the relevant previous conviction relates and its relevance to the current offence, and

(b)     the time that has elapsed since the relevant previous conviction.

(3)     Where the court treats a relevant previous conviction as an aggravating factor under subsection (2) it must state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.

(4)     In subsections (1) to (3) “relevant previous conviction” means—

(a)     a previous

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