| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 37 (May) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Rose LJ, McKinnon and Poole JJ |
| Representation | Sean Grainger, solicitor advocate (instructed by Watson Woodhouse, Middlesbrough) for the offender. |
| Brendan Kelly (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 2 May 2002 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Doing an act tending to pervert the course of justice - Driving whilst disqualified - Driving with excess alcohol in breath - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
Whilst a fine and a three year disqualification from driving imposed upon an offender who pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, driving whilst disqualified, and driving with excess alcohol in breath was considered to the lenient on a reference by the Attorney General to the Court of Appeal, the court exercised its discretion not to interfere with the sentence.
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