Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 74 (Nov)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Waller LJ, Curtis and Davis JJ

Representation Angus Bunyan (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 6 November 2001

Catchwords

Sentencing - False Accounting - Custodial sentence - Level of sentence - Aggravating and mitigating features - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

The defendant's sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment for 15 offences of false accounting was manifestly excessive taking into account the aggravating and mitigating features of the offence.

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