Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2006] All ER (D) 14 (Oct)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Cresswell J and Judge Chapman
Representation Trevor Browne (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 2 October 2006

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Burglary - Defendant entering dwelling house of elderly victims - Defendant being sentenced to four years' imprisonment following conviction - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

In a case where a defendant, a career burglar, had been convicted of burglary of a dwelling home, the sentence of four years' imprisonment had not been manifestly excessive. Rather, in the light of the aggravating features in the instant case and, in particular, the fact that elderly victims had been present at the time of the offence as well as the fact that the defendant was a repeat offender, the sentence which had been passed had been in accordance with the authorities and had therefore been appropriate.

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