Friday, 2 December 2011

Syvret sentence extended

Friday 2nd December 2011, 5:44PM GMT.
Stuart Syvret at an earlier court appearance
Stuart Syvret at an earlier court appearance
JAILED former Senator Stuart Syvret will spend Christmas behind bars after he was ordered to serve almost five weeks extra time in prison for refusing to pay his court fines.
On Friday, the Magistrate’s Court heard that Syvret, who is  currently serving a eight-week jail sentence in La Moye Prison after refusing to carry out community service, has paid only £225 of his £1,400 fine for data protection and motoring offences.

Therefore Relief Magistrate Peter Harris imposed a jail sentence of one month and six days for not paying the fine.

Syvret sentence extended