Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 559 (May)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hunt, Keith JJ
Representation Stephen Bailey (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 10 May 2002

Catchwords

Sentencing - Causing death by dangerous driving - Young offender - Whether sentence excessive.

The Case

The defendant's appeal against a sentence of five years' detention in a young offender's institution and disqualification for driving for ten years for causing death by dangerous driving would be allowed where the maximum sentence for that offence was ten years' imprisonment, and many of the usual aggravating features such as the consumption of alcohol or driving at excessive speed were not present.

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