Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 56 (Apr)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Douglas Brown J and Judge Crawford QC

Representation Kieran Galvin (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 12 April 2002

Catchwords

Sentencing - Kidnapping - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Custodial sentence - Aggravating and mitigating features - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

The defendant's total sentence of ten years' imprisonment for an offence of kidnapping and an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm was manifestly excessive in the circumstances.

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