| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 123 (May) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Kay LJ, Holland and Andrew Smith JJ |
| Representation | Elroy Claxton (instructed by Martin Murray & associates, Yiewsley) for the defendant. |
| Edward Brown (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 9 May 2002 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Supplying Class A drug - Breach of licence - Custodial sentence - Consecutive sentences - Aggravating and mitigating features - Whether exceptional circumstances - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
The offender's total sentence of two years' imprisonment for offences of supplying a Class A drug and breach of his early release licence was unduly lenient in the circumstances where he had committed those offences on early release licence for a similar offence.
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