Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 86 (Oct)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Rose LJ, Butterfield and Cooke JJ

Representation Silas Reid (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 8 October 2001

Catchwords

Sentencing - Being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug - Possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply - Co-defendants - Whether defendant's sentence unfairly disparate to those of his co-defendants.

The Case

A sentence of, inter alia, four years' imprisonment imposed upon a defendant who pleaded guilty to supplying a Class A drug was reduced, on appeal, to a sentence of three years' imprisonment on the ground that the sentence was unfairly disparate to those of the co-defendants in the case.

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