Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 103 (Aug)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Gage LJ, Bean J and Sir John Alliott

Representation Trevor Meegan (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 24 August 2005

Catchwords

Sentence - Custodial sentence - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Whether duration of sentence excessive.

The Case

The defendant's appeal against the sentence of 15 months' imprisonment, imposed following his plea of guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was allowed, in the circumstances, and a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment imposed in its place.

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