| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2006] All ER (D) 08 (Sep) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Scott Baker LJ, Jack and Mitting JJ |
| Representation | David Smith (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 4 September 2006 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Supplying Class A drugs - Defendant pleading guilty and spending two years on remand - Defendant assisting prosecution - Disparity in sentence - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
In a case where a defendant, a major distributor of heroin, had pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a Class A drug, and had spent two years in prison on remand awaiting sentence after he had assisted the prosecution by giving evidence against his co-defendant, the sentence of 30 months' imprisonment had been manifestly excessive and would be quashed and substituted by a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment.
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