Conditional Discharge?? Would that show up on DBS check?

Question

i received a conditional discharge (at Magistrates court) when I got caught shoplifting with friends. It’s my first and only offense. Would it still come up in background checks? Its been over 4 years now.

I’m trying to become a nursery assistant and we’ve submitted our DBS,I was told that a conditional discharge is not a Conviction?

Answer 1

Yes. A conditional discharge is a sentence, and to get a sentence, you must have been convicted, or what is there to sentence you for? Whoever told you a conditional discharge is not a conviction is correct, because it's a sentence, but you must have been convicted of something to get it.



The court convicted you of theft, either because you pleaded guilty or after a trial, so it had to sentence you to a punishment, and its chosen punishment was a conditional discharge.



As this was not a custodial sentence, and you have no other convictions, it is subject to filtering. If you were under 18 at the time, it will be filtered after 5 1/2 years. If you were over 18, it will be filtered after 11 years.



So for now it will appear on any DBS disclosure. But eventually, it will not.

Answer 2

a conditional discharge means you where found guilty

it will be on your record

Answer 3

It will show on an Enhanced DBS. You did commit a crime.

UK

Answer 4

Yes, it would remain on your record for life. You pleaded guilty at Magistrates court and that is a CONVICTION.

Answer 5

yup, it's on record for life. Might affect your chance of becoming a nurse.