Fury as Ayrshire criminals dodge unpaid work requirements
dailyrecord.co.ukAyrshire criminals have dodged a staggering 17,086 hours of unpaid work requirements, it has been revealed. The shock figures come from a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Freedom of Information request to the Scottish Government and makes interesting reading.With the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent UK lockdown in March last year, it meant criminals who were on unpaid work requirements, as part of a Community Payback Order (CPO), were unable to fulfil their outstanding hours, as imposed by the courts.That’s because restrictions of movement were in place in all over the country and people were ordered to stay at home.As a result, it’s caused a huge backlog in the judicial system.But the Scottish Government announced in January that they.
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