1.   Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.

2.   Because it was a first offence, she was not sent to prison.

3.   It was when I was fifteen or sixteen that I committed my first big offence.

4.   The court Decided to waive her fine as it was her first offence.

5.   This time the police let him go with a reprimand as it was his first offence.

6.   As it was his first offence, the store agreed not to press charges.

7.   Punishment for a first offence is a fine.

8.   Home Office instructions to police state first offences like this should be dealt with with a caution.

9.   But a senior social worker says he believes young offenders who are sent to court for first offences are far more likely to commit new crimes.

10.   Turner was arrested after the first offence but released on bail and then carried out the second offence.