| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] ALL ER (D) 460 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] EWCA Crim 2187 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Mackay and Davis JJ |
| Representation | Jeremy Jenkins (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 3 August 2007 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Violent disorder - Defendant sentenced to nine months' imprisonment - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
A sentence of nine months' imprisonment, imposed on the defendant after he had pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder, namely assaulting his victim outside a public house, could not, in circumstances where the violence of the scale displayed in the instant case had to be firmly discouraged, be said to have been wrong in principle or manifestly excessive.
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