Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2004] All ER (D) 193 (Oct)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Newman and Moses JJ
Representation Nicholas Cartmell (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 15 October 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Arson being reckless as to whether life endangered - Custodial sentence - Non-custodial sentence imposed on appeal.

The Case

A two-year community rehabilitation order was imposed on the defendant's appeal against a sentence of three years' imprisonment for an offence of arson being reckless as to the endangerment of life, committed in circumstances, where, in an attempt to commit suicide, she had set a fire in her semi-detached house. Such a community sentence would be a merciful and effective way of dealing her, having regard to the circumstances and the fact that she had had a taste of prison.

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