Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 430 (Mar)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Owen J and Judge Zucker QC
Representation Charles Sherrard (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 23 March 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Custodial sentence - Duration - Incitement to pervert the course of justice - Appropriate sentence.

The Case

A sentence of four years' imprisonment was manifestly excessive where the defendant had pleaded guilty to an offence of incitement to pervert the course of justice committed in circumstances where he made a telephone call from prison to his girlfriend, who did not act on the instruction, to visit with others the home of a complainant, in respect of whom the defendant faced certain charges, and make threats.

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