Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 467 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2001] EWCA Crim 2558
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Waller LJ, Curtis and Davis JJ

Representation Robin Shellard (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 8 November 2001

Catchwords

Sentencing - Theft - Aggravating and mitigating circumstances - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

In the instant case, the defendant's medical conditions were not so exceptional as to justify imposing a suspended sentence rather than an immediate custodial sentence.

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