Changing not guilty plea to guilty

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

a person charged with a serious offence pleads not guilty then changes their plea to guilty not long before the trial is due.

Will their sentence be reduced to the same extent as if they'd pleaded guilty in the first place?

Anyone got real life experience of this scenario?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depending on the offence and how serious it is...but yeah its happened to a friend before and he was given a leanient sentence

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

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Pleading guilty normally knock 1/3 off the sentence. Even a late guilty plea will reduce the sentence but maybe not as much. It saves court costs & time by not needing a full trial or using expensive barristers (normally funded by the state via legal aid)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pleading guilty normally knock 1/3 off the sentence. Even a late guilty plea will reduce the sentence but maybe not as much. It saves court costs & time by not needing a full trial or using expensive barristers (normally funded by the state via legal aid) "

I thought this may be the case

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