| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 538 (Mar) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Crim 627 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Douglas Brown and Newman JJ |
| Representation | John Topham (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 12 March 2004 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Custodial sentence - Duration - Burglary - Theft.
The Case
In the circumstances of the instant case, where a burglary and theft had been committed in the early hours of the morning by a defendant with a string of previous convictions for dishonesty and burglary, a sentence of five years' imprisonment was not manifestly excessive.
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