Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 38 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2005] EWCA Crim 781
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hallett J and Sir Charles Mantell
Representation Michael Clare (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the appellant.
Judgment Dates: 15 March 2005

Catchwords

Sentencing - Possession of Class A and C drugs - Custodial sentence - Appropriate sentence.

The Case

The defendant pleaded guilty to possession of Class A and C drugs, comprising 2,396 Ecstasy tablets and 997 grams of cannabis resin, and was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment concurrent to a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. While the sentence imposed was within the bracket available for an offence of possession of that quantity of Class A drugs taking into account the defendant's previous good character and his conduct after sentence a more lenient sentence would be appropriate. An appropriate sentence would be three and a half years' imprisonment to be served concurrent to the sentence of 12 months' imprisonment.

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