How many people convicted of homicide have received as their main penalty a (a) Sheriff Court fine, (b) Justice of the Peace Court fine, (c…

Decisions on sentencing in individual cases for people convicted of offences are taken entirely independently by the court. Also, decisions in individual cases on the use of alternatives to prosecution such as fiscal fines for offences are taken entirely independently by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
The available information is given in the following tables. As police ASB FPNs cannot be issued for these crimes, they are not included in the table as none were issued.
People convicted in Scottish Courts receiving a fine, 2006-07 to 2011-12
Crime/offence1 and Court2
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Homicide:






Murder:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Causing death by careless driving:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
5
5
5
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Causing death by dangerous driving:






High Court
0
0
0
0
1
0
Sheriff Court
1
1
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Death by careless driving when under
influence of drink/drugs:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
1
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Culpable homicide (common law):






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Illegal driver, disqualified/unlicensed
etc involved in fatal accident:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Attempted murder:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Serious assault:






High Court
0
1
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
138
187
176
100
93
69
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
1
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Robbery:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
20
23
18
20
10
18
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
1
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
1
0
0
0
Rape and attempted rape:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sexual assault:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
10
6
2
2
4
7
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
District Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Housebreaking:






High Court
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
248
237
232
148
134
96
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
4
4
0
2
District Court
3
1
2
1
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
5
4
7
11
16
15
Handling an offensive weapon:






High Court
0
0
1
0
0
0
Sheriff Court
938
897
839
618
455
369
Justice of the Peace Court
0
0
2
0
2
9
District Court
9
2
2
0
0
0
Stipendiary Magistrate Court
73
29
10
35
41
30
Drugs:






High Court
1
2
0
0
1
0
Sheriff Court
3,213
3,167
2,734
2,945
2,583
2,341
Justice of the Peace Court
0
4
271
622
819
657
District Cou