Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 162 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWCA Crim 644
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Scott Baker LJ, Sachs and Fawcus JJ

Representation Campbell Tait (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for APW, GAW and AJW.
  Austin Williamson (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 12 March 2003

Catchwords

Sentencing - Confiscation order - Hearing - Power to postpone - ss 2, 3.

The Case

Confiscation orders were quashed because the sentencing judge had failed to take a decision to postpone the drug trafficking inquiry prior to sentencing and had thus failed to comply with the provisions of ss2 and 3 of the .

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