Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 40 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2004] EWCA Crim 3332
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Rose LJ, Douglas Brown and Mackay JJ

Representation Matthew Roberts (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 6 December 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Dangerous driving - Custodial sentence - Duration of sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

A sentence of 15 months' imprisonment following a plea of guilty to an offence of dangerous driving was reduced on appeal to six months' imprisonment. The order for the sentence to run consecutive to an earlier sentence imposed in respect of offences of deception was unchanged.

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