Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2006] All ER (D) 04 (Sep)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Richards LJ, Collins and Jack JJ
Representation R Porson (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 1 September 2006

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Supplying Class A drug - Defendant buying drug on behalf of undercover police officer - Defendant not a supplier - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

In a case where a defendant bought drugs at the request of an undercover officer, operationg a drugs sting, the sentence of three years' imprisonment was manifestly excessive in the light of the fact that the defendant had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and there had been no evidence to suggest that he had supplied drugs to other persons, or that he was a supplier of drugs. The sentence would be quashed and substituted by a sentence of two years' imprisonment.

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