Conviction but I didn't know I was being prosecuted?

Make a cup of tea and put your feet up until you get a court date and/or a reply from Northern.

If you get a court date before hearing from Northern, you may want to give them a nudge to see if they are prepared to settle.

 

Good news!

Pay the settlement demanded by Northern ASAP. When that's done, and I don't know if they will provide a receipt, write a letter to the court stating that Northern have agreed to an out of court settlement and that you expect the matter to be withdrawn and you do not expect to attend.

Check with the court a week before the case to see if it has been withdrawn, if not, get onto Northern ASAP to see why the matter has not been dealt with.

 

Sorry, can't answer that question but hopefully others can.

Some good advice from Puffing Devil on the final steps worth taking.

As an aside, did anything come to light on why Northern had wrong address for you in the 1st place? You might consider that a relative side issue of course and may have understandably not pursued it further - so long as they have corrected their records of course.

Anyway - I hope the settlement is a reasonable outcome from your point of view.

 

You have paid a settlement to prevent the matter going to court. If it doesn't go to court there cannot be a conviction, and without a conviction there is nothing that can show up on a DBS check.

 

However it has already been to court and a conviction has occurred. However I'd expect the conviction to be squashed.

 

The SD resets the clock so the conviction is voided, quashed or whatever. Northern have settled and therefore cannot reopen the case.

 

As others have said, quite correctly, it should drop off your DBS check. However.... the court system and supporting services have been slashed to the bone and beyond and not all links checks and balances work as they should. You may want to check with the DBS after 2-3 months that the matter has come off your record. If not, it's a matter that you'll need to take through their corrections process - I have no idea what that is though. I'm sure if you come back to this thread should the worst happen, you will get some good advice.

 

Generally speaking the record 'should' be updated as Puffing Devil rightly concludes, but given the likelihood of this not being a priority for the TOC or their agents and the Court support system being so overworked, if I were you I'd contact BTP and ask them to update the DBS record.

This will entail BTP contacting the TOC prosecutor to confirm the SD process and subsequent settlement & withdrawal has concluded and they will then amend the DBS record promptly.