00:00I have considered whether the seriousness of the offending, taken together with the need for punishment and deterrence, amounts to
00:08exceptional circumstances requiring immediate imprisonment.
00:12I have concluded, in relation to each of you, that it does not.
00:17These were serious offences deserving of custodial sentences, but the circumstances do not justify displacing the statutory requirement that those
00:28sentences be suspended.
00:31The seriousness of your offending Brown, including the repeated use of the bottle and the need for the suspended sentence
00:37to retain an effective deterrent force, justify the operational period that will follow.
00:47Your sentence of eight months' imprisonment will be suspended for 12 months.
00:53You have spent time on remand in custody.
00:57That period does not reduce the suspended sentence that I imposed today, but it will count automatically if the sentence
01:05is subsequently brought into operation.
