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Some types of offences carry with them more of a bad odour than others. A good example of one that will change the way people perceive you is stealing. If a conviction for stealing is recorded against your name, you will inevitably struggle to find or hold employment. No one wants to employ someone who they suspect might wind up stealing from them.
Courts have the power to order that a conviction properly atttributable to you not be recorded against your name. The effect of that is to permit your criminal history to remain unblemished if such a result is warranted in the circumstances of your case. Such a result allows you to properly keep your conviction a secret from any current or future employers.
But this does not happen automatically. And if the law relating to that type of result is not properly interwoven with the facts of your case, then a court might not see fit to allow you to obtain such a result.
So, you can either risk a dishonesty offence being recorded against your name because you were unable to convince the Magistrate do to otherwise, or you can put your case in the hands of an experienced criminal lawyer who will know exactly what submission to make to the court to maximise your chances of keeping your record unblemished.