Do you recognise this phone thief?

[dave87]

Depends how deeply the company looks into him, its just a caution so there is no criminal record

I was more thinking job hunting is off the agenda for a bit - after the online coverage....

Technically there is a criminal record for a caution, it is just immediately spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008), or at the end of the conditional period if a conditional caution.

[Hoonigan]

its just a caution so there is no criminal record

I got into a fight with some drunk on my street, last year, cos he threw a bottle at my car window, wound up with a caution for it, and apparently that'll be on my criminal record, even though it was only a caution

[IBM]

“When interviewed, the man fully admitted the offence and was handed a conditional caution with three conditions: to pay the 34-year-old victim £499, to write her a letter of apology and not to commit any further offences before June 14, 2012"

However, after June 14th, go nuts!

[peterb]

'Spent' convictions remain as a criminal record, it is just that they don't have to be declared except in some specific circumstances.