| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 69 (Sep) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2004] EWCA Crim 1526 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Hooper LJ, Leveson J and Judge Mettyear |
| Representation | Jonathan Anders (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 21 May 2004 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Offences of dishonesty - Motor offences - Breach of community rehabilitation order - Detention - Fine - Disqualification from driving - Consecutive periods - Sentence wrong in principle and unlawful.
The Case
The defendant's total sentence of four years' detention, fines of 200 with seven days' detention in default and disqualification from driving for four years for multiple offences including driving and dishonesty offences and breach of a community rehabilitation order was wrong in principle. It had combined a fine with a substantial custodial sentence and it had been unlawful to impose consecutive periods of disqualification from driving.
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