What does mean spared jail? Thanks!! A mum who ripped off supermarket giant Asda by using a 7p reduce item sticker to buy full-priced goods at the self-service till has been spared jail.

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24 Haz 2015 20:33

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If someone is 'spared jail' it means they have avoided being sent to prison. So the woman in your example committed a criminal offence, but the judge decided not to send her to prison for it.

24 Haziran 2015

This is typical 'journalese', used in news reports and headlines. It means that the woman has doesn't have to go to jail. Most probably, she was arrested and appeared in court and found guilty. The judge or magistrate could have sent her to prison, but decided not to. She probably has to pay a fine instead.

24 Haziran 2015

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