Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 37 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWCA Crim 829
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Laws LJ, Pitchers J and Judge Tilling sitting as a judge of the Court of Appeal

Representation John Taylor (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the first defendant.
  Claire Marlow (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the second defendant.
Judgment Dates: 17 March 2003

Catchwords

Sentencing - Custodial sentence - Duration ||Burglary.

The Case

In circumstances where two juvenile offenders committed a 'low level' burglary, the sentence of 12 months detention and training imposed upon them was quashed and substituted with a sentence of 4 months detention and training, ensuring their immediate release.

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