Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2002] All ER (D) 385 (May)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Pill LJ, Nelson and McCombe JJ

Representation Anthony Montgomery (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 24 May 2002

Catchwords

Sentencing - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Custodial sentence - Repeated acts of violence against members of one family - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

The defendant's sentence of six months' detention for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm was not manifestly excessive in the circumstances.

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