He was shocked to be recalled to prison for the previous offences.

It was noted in court while being sentenced, that since 1997, Carroll had 42 previous offences on record.

Referring to the other ethnic group based solely on their previous offences tends to increase the probability of future violence.

Note that under (D) of the previous offence, a police officer may be threatened, abused or insulted.

He remitted taxes, forgave some previous offences, and spent generously on the poor.

In his last prison, while serving time for a previous offence, Matt enrolled on a hair-styling course, so now he's a semi-professional.

Fearon was sentenced to three years in prison and Bark to 30 months (with an additional 12 months arising from previous offences).

Ian Bush was known to police for previous offences spaced at intervals over about seven years, with several during 2004, the year before he was killed.

He was found not guilty by a jury, which was not informed of the context of his previous offences.

At this stage, he had been married for 20 years and had children, and his wife had no knowledge of his previous offences.

On his arrest for burglary, he admitted to all his previous offences with the sole aim of obtaining a custodial sentence.

Relevant factors include the offender's age when first convicted, his number of previous offences, number of prison sentences and his escape history.

'Any previous offences?'

Grace is discovered when Gloria and Holly see her picture on the television in a news item mentioning her release and previous offences.

Conditions that dictate this are the seriousness of the offence, the nature and number of previous offences committed by the young person or any other aggravating circumstances.

On 27 October he was sentenced for his previous offence to a fine, two hours in the pillory, and to remain in prison pending security for good behaviour.

Robert Dakers, 44, had not counted on the Home Office cancelling his parole licence for previous offences when he returned to face three charges of handling stolen goods.

In total, those brought before the courts had committed a total of 20,000 previous offences - or 14 offences per individual who had at least one previous offence.

The 2003 Act extensively changed the law regarding the admissibility into evidence of a defendant's convictions for previous offences, and other misconduct, broadening the circumstances in which the prosecution could prove such matters.

In 1800, however, he was dismissed from the service by the sentence of a courtmartial for his insolent conduct towards a superior officer, a previous offence of this kind having been punished less severely.

It is in this light the affair has always appeared to me, as entirely accidental, and not in the least owing to any previous offence received, or jealousy of our second visit entertained by the natives.

I would add that the individual may lodge an appeal to have their data removed, the previous offence may be totally unrelated, such as taking part in a protest and then being charged with money laundering.

I too have no problem with the police retaining infomation of previous offences but to disclose those offences no matter how minor and how old has to be seen as an infringment on human rights.

If any one of these employees committed a corporate crime, then this was added to any previous crime committed by any other employee, no matter how distantly related to the organizational site of previous offences.

Tevez is Tevez and, by now, we all know controversy sticks to him like a tick on a dog, but his record of previous offences does not make the events in Germany any less shocking or dispiriting.