 Syvret indicated that he was now prepared to accept community service and was sentenced to 80 hours for contempt of the Magistrate's Court.The fine was reduced to £1,400 and legal costs to £5,000.However, by early November 2011, Syvret had not carried out any of the community service sentence, and on 2 November 2011 he was re-sentenced by the Magistrate to eight weeks in prison; Syvret's appeal to the Royal Court was dismissed, as was a subsequent application to reopen the appeal.