Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 330 (Dec)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Keene LJ, Curtis J and Judge Maddison

Representation Richard Franck (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 20 December 2001

Catchwords

Sentencing - Robbery - Young offenders - Custodial sentence - Deterrent sentence - Whether manifestly excessive.

The Case

The defendant's sentence of 30 months' detention and his co-defendant's sentence of 18 months' detention for an offence of robbery were manifestly excessive in the light of the defendants' ages of 16 and 13.

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