Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 248 (Mar)
Neutral Citation: [2006] EWCA Crim 2375
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Rix LJ, Dobbs J and Sir Charles Mantell

Representation John Hedgecoe (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 5 October 2006

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Affray - Defendant being given longer sentence than co-accused - Whether sentence manifestly excessive in all circumstances.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. In circumstances where the defendant and his co-defendants were given varying sentences because the judge had made an essential distinction that related to their previous records and had given limited credit for late guilty pleas, the court found that the defendant's sentence of six months' imprisonment was not manifestly excessive.

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