Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 140 (Jun)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Kay LJ, Curtis and Newman JJ

Representation Ian Way (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Peter Joyce QC (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 16 June 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Manslaughter - Custodial sentence - Sentence of imprisonment not manifestly excessive.

The Case

Generally, where a person had committed offences and had thereafter caused injury in an attempt to escape, particularly to a police officer, the sentences imposed should be consecutive.

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