| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 412 (Dec) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2001] EWCA Crim 3059 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Judge Maddison and Sir Richard Tucker |
| Representation | Thomas MacKinnon (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 14 December 2001 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Putting a person in fear of violence - Custodial sentence - Events underlying offence including actual violence and threat of arson - Defendant having new domestic commitments - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
In all the circumstances, a sentence of two years' imprisonment for an offence of putting a person in fear of violence was excessive, notwithstanding that the first of the two events that gave rise to the offence involved direct physical violence, and the second involved a threat to burn the victim's house down. Accordingly, a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment would be substituted.
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