Dr. T.J. McIntyre:

I make the same point regarding the limitation relating to one incident. This was flagged up in English litigation. As it stands, if one has a conviction for criminal damage and assault arising out of the same drunken incident, those two convictions can be treated together as one conviction. However, if one has a week-long mental health issue and a number of convictions arise from that or if one has a conviction for shoplifting in Boots and one for shoplifting in Marks and Spencer on the same day, those two convictions are treated as separate and not arising out of the same incident. As such, they can never become spent.