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<p /> <p>Section 155 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Courts Act 2000
provides for the Crown Court to vary or rescind a sentence imposed, or other order
made, by the Crown Court within 56 days of the original sentence being made. The power
to vary is primarily to rectify small technical errors and not to allow for a fundamental
change of mind.</p><p>The number of sentences which were varied in Crown Court trials
the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number
of Crown Court sentences recorded as replaced on CREST, by offence group</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offence
Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal
damage</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug
offences</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud
and forgery</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indictable
motoring offences</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
indictable offences</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
offences</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary
Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary
Non-motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft
and handling stolen goods</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence
against the person</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,073</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,812</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,921</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,496</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,044</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1.
The above figures only relate to cases committed or sent for trial.</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p>2. The above figures relate to actual sentences replaced; they do not
relate to the number of defendants involved.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>3.
The data were extracted from CREST, the Crown Court case management system specifically
to answer this question.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>4. The data are management
information and not subject to the same level of checks as Official Statistics.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The fact a sentence has been replaced is recorded on the Crown Court case management
system, CREST. Whilst the new sentence will also be recorded it is not possible to
link the two for every offence to calculate the variation. The reason for the sentence
being varied is not recorded on CREST and can only be found by manually checking case
files at disproportionate cost.</p>
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