Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 28 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2004] EWCA Crim 2636
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Richards and Bean JJ

Representation Michael Wolkind QC (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 8 October 2004

Catchwords

Sentencing - Possession of firearms with intent to endanger life - Custodial sentence - Duration of sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

Where the defendant had pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, six years' imprisonment had been manifestly excessive and the sentence was quashed and substituted for a term of five years'.

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