Summary
SCOTLAND'S islanders experience extremes in the wide range of fines handed down in sheriff courts, with the average fine in Stornoway nearly three times higher than in Rothesay.
The criminals of the Isle of Bute who appear before their local sheriff paid an average GBP182 fine, according to the most recent figures, covering 2003, while fines handed down to the miscreants of Lewis required them to pay GBP529 - the highest level in Scotland.See the full content of this document
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Crooks Face Postcode Lottery for Fines and Sentences
The national average was GBP294.
Rural sheriff courts tended to have...See the full content of this document
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