Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 298 (Feb)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Kennedy LJ, Penry Davey and Simon JJ

Representation Richard Scott (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Katie Fox (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 18 February 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Custodial sentence - Duration - Aggravating and mitigating features.

The Case

The defendant's sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for eight offences of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph and an offence of possession of an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph was manifestly excessive because of the limited number of images and the absence of charges or defendant's admissions of distribution.

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