| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 355 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Crim 1192 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Roderick Evans and Pitchers JJ |
| Representation | Andel Singh, solicitor advocate (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Graham Lodge (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 7 May 2004 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Custodial sentence - Custodial sentence wrong in principle and/or manifestly excessive.
The Case
Where domestic violence took place, the court would do its best to protect the victim, particularly when that violence was as serious as in the instant case. On the facts, it could not properly be argued that the imposition of a custodial sentence was wrong in principle.
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