[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

'It’s against the law to refuse someone a job because they’ve got a spent conviction or caution, unless it’s because a DBS check shows that they’re unsuitable.'

https://www.gov.uk/exoffenders-and-employment

If I understand that correctly they're only unable to turn down an ex con "if the conviction or caution is ‘spent’". It then only says a conviction will be 'spent' if the sentence was for 4 years or less, any more than that and it never will be. Evans' sentence was for 5 years so his conviction won't be 'spent' and employers would be free to turn him down for having a criminal record

Of course it wouldn't matter either way anyway considering Evans is currently a free agent so no team is obliged to take him on criminal record or not.