1. Reasons to justify opposition to bail:

1.1 Fail to Surrender:

 Conviction for absconding.

 Defendant has no fixed abode, community ties, or is a foreign visitor to the UK.

 Likely sentence may be an incentive to abscond.

 Defendant has expressed an intention not to attend court etc.

1.2 Commit Offences on Bail:

 Current offence committed on bail or in breach of sentence (if so, give details of previous offence(s), dates, conditions etc).

 Current offence committed on licence and/or electronically tagged.

 Number of charges/TICs/previous convictions show persistent and continuous offending over a period of time.

 Offender has said that he/she will continue to offend.

 ‘Lifestyle’, e.g. commission of further offences may be likely to support drug habit.

 Current offence involved substantial planning by defendant.

1.3 Interfere with Witnesses/Obstruct the Course of Justice:

 Defendant has a history of such behaviour, or has made threats to interfere with witnesses, the recovery of property or the arrest of accomplices.

 Although intimidation may be hard to substantiate, the court will need to be presented with real grounds for the objection to bail.

1.4 Defendant’s Own Protection or Welfare:

 Defendant has threatened self harm or medical evidence suggests that this may occur.

 Declaration by victim, their family/friends, or wider community to seek revenge; or conduct/atmosphere that suggests this is a possibility.