Court / Community payback orders need ‘full compliance’, sheriff warns
A WARNING was sounded in Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday that community payback orders need to be complied with after a man admitted breaching an unpaid work requirement.
The court heard how Thomas Drever, of Lerwick’s Sandveien, had more than 100 hours of unpaid work still to complete relating to two offences.
Defence agent Tommy Allan said the 26-year-old, who appeared from custody, had lost his job and his house and had been struggling.
But he said Drever now had the opportunity to complete his unpaid work requirements, which could give him a focus in life.
In one of the cases Drever had been given 120 hours of unpaid work to complete, as well as £300 in compensation, following an assault in Lerwick in 2022. This was imposed, in late 2022, as an alternative to custody.
Although he had 18 and a half hours left to complete, the court heard there had been no progress on a separate order of 100 hours which had been transferred from Aberdeen.
Sheriff Ian Cruickshank said he could have revoked the community payback orders and imposed a custodial sentence, but he decided to allow them to continue.
A review has been set for 20 November.
The sheriff issued a warning that community payback orders need “full compliance”.
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