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Appendix 4: Indictment and Sentencing Statistics

Indictments

Table 1: Indictments registered in the High Court (May 2003-March 2006)

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

(Total)

Apr

Total

2003/04

122

112

130

85

79

128

91

144

119

90

134

(1234)

126

1360

2004/05

128

118

106

70

104

105

73

92

90

137

85

(1108)

88

1196106

2005/06

115

88

76

74

81

91

91

95

92

96

117

(1016)107

n/a

Table 2: Indictments registered in the Sheriff Court (May 2003-April 2005)

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

(Total)

Apr

Total

2003/04

392

355

518

361

501

446

393

423

435

448

407

(4769)

447

5126

2004/05

433

458

507

452

422

488

451

389

551

460

518

(5129)

506

5635108

2005/06

445

470

456

529

507

531

472

475

534

458

469

(5346)109

n/a

Sheriff Court statistics

Table 3: Number of sentences of over 3 years by month (May 2003-March 2006)

Number

Number

Number

May 03

0

May 04

1

May 05

12

Jun 03

1

Jun 04

5

Jun 05

16

Jul 03

4

Jul 04

9

Jul 05

11

Aug 03

0

Aug 04

12

Aug 05

11

Sep 03

2

Sep 04

12

Sep 05

11

Oct 03

0

Oct 04

10

Oct 05

7

Nov 03

1

Nov 04

11

Nov 05

18

Dec 03

1

Dec 04

17

Dec 05

6

Jan 04

1

Jan 05

5

Jan 06

7

Feb 04

2

Feb 05

14

Feb 06

19

Mar 04

0

Mar 05

13

Mar 06

20

Total for 11 month period

12

109

138

Apr 04

1

Apr 05

18

Apr 06

n/a

Total for 12 month period

13110

127

High Court statistics

Table 4: Monthly breakdown of High Court sentences (May 2003-April 2004)

3 years & under

%111

3+ to 5 years

%

Greater than 5 years

%

Life

%

Total

May 03

37

35.6

39

37.5

22

21.1

6

5.8

104

Jun 03

41

31.6

35

26.9

39

30.0

15

11.5

130

Jul 03

26

28.3

43

46.7

19

20.7

4

4.3

92

Aug 03

47

42.4

35

31.5

25

22.5

4

3.6

111

Sep 03

40

36.4

37

33.6

26

23.6

7

6.4

110

Oct 03

34

30.1

44

38.9

22

19.5

13

11.5

113

Nov 03

27

26.7

34

33.7

33

32.7

7

6.9

101

Dec 03

38

35.2

44

40.7

22

20.4

4

3.7

108

Jan 04

46

39.7

38

32.7

27

23.3

5

4.3

116

Feb 04

44

37.9

40

34.5

27

23.3

5

4.3

116

Mar 04

59

38.3

46

29.9

38

24.7

11

7.1

154

Apr 04

37

41.6

25

28.1

22

24.7

5

5.6

89

Totals

476

35.4

460

34.2

322

24.0

86

6.4

1344

Table 5: Monthly breakdown of High Court sentences (May 2004-April 2005)

3 years & under

%

3+ to 5 years

%

Greater than 5 years

%

Life

%

Total

May 04

34

36.9

29

31.5

26

28.3

3

3.3

92

Jun 04

18

21.2

42

49.4

20

23.5

5

5.9

85

Jul 04

21

25.3

36

43.4

22

26.5

4

4.8

83

Aug 04

30

38.5

20

25.6

23

29.5

5

6.4

78

Sep 04

19

30.2

20

31.7

19

30.2

5

7.9

63

Oct 04

31

34.1

26

28.6

20

21.9

14

15.4

91

Nov 04

29

35.8

29

35.8

20

24.7

3

3.7

81

Dec 04

29

32.9

33

37.5

18

20.5

8

9.1

88

Jan 05

21

33.9

19

30.6

20

32.3

2

3.2

62

Feb 05

34

39.5

25

29.1

19

22.1

8

9.3

86

Mar 05

21

26.3

26

32.5

25

31.2

8

10.0

80

Apr 05

31

44.3

24

34.3

13

18.6

2

2.8

70

Totals

318

33.2

329

34.3

245

25.5

67

7.0

959

Table 6: Monthly breakdown of High Court sentences (May 2005-March 2006)

3 years & under

%

3+ to 5 years

%

Greater than 5 years

%

Life

%

Total

May 05

28

31.1

34

37.8

21

23.3

7

7.8

90

Jun 05

26

32.1

23

28.4

27

33.3

5

6.2

81

Jul 05

21

28.8

28

38.4

16

21.9

8

10.9

73

Aug 05

32

36.8

26

29.9

21

24.1

8

9.2

87

Sep 05

26

36.1

26

36.1

14

19.5

6

8.3

72

Oct 05

20

30.3

26

39.4

15

22.7

5

7.6

66

Nov 05

28

41.8

21

31.3

16

23.9

2

3.0

67

Dec 05

24

32.9

18

24.6

23

31.5

8

11.0

73

Jan 06

20

34.5

28

48.3

10

17.2

0

0.0

58

Feb 06

21

31.8

24

36.4

19

28.8

2

3.0

66

Mar 06

31

39.7

19

24.4

24

30.8

4

5.1

78

Totals

277

34.2

273

33.6

206

25.4

55

6.8

811

Table 7: Proportion of High Court sentences of 5 years or less (April 2003-March 2006)

Month

%

Month

%

Month

%

May 03

73.1

May 04

68.4

May 05

68.9

June 03

58.8

June 04

70.6

June 05

60.5

July 03

75.0

July 04

68.6

July 05

67.2

Aug 03

73.9

Aug 04

64.1

Aug 05

66.7

Sept 03

70.0

Sept 04

61.9

Sept 05

72.2

Oct 03

69.0

Oct 04

62.7

Oct 05

69.7

Nov 03

60.4

Nov 04

71.6

Nov 05

73.6

Dec 03

75.9

Dec 04

70.4

Dec 05

57.5

Jan 04

72.4

Jan 05

64.5

Jan 06

82.8

Feb 04

72.4

Feb 05

68.6

Feb 06

68.5

Mar 04

68.2

Mar 05

58.8

Mar 06

64.1

Apr 04

67.9

Apr 05

78.6

Apr 06

n/a

Table 8: Number of High Court sentences of 5 years or less (May 2003-March 2006)

Number of sentences of 5 years and under

Total for 12 month period

% of all High Court sentences

May 03 - Apr 04

936

1344

69.6

May 04 - Apr 05

647

959

67.5

May 05 - Mar 06

550

811112

67.8113

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