| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 190 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] EWCA Crim 195 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Gage LJ, Underhill J and the Recorder of Winchester |
| Representation | David Pojur (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Matthew Barnes (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 12 January 2007 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Conspiracy to pervert course of justice - Defendant being accused of sexual grooming - Sustained campaign to intimidate complainant and complainant's mother - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. In the instant case, the sentence of seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment, the judge having taken a ten-year starting point before credit for the defendant's guilty plea to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, was not manifestly excessive where the defendant had recruited others to a sustained, prolonged and sophisticated campaign to intimidate a 15-year-old girl and her mother, the girl having made a truthful allegation against the defendant of sexual grooming.
Lexis®Library
- An Official transcript is the final version of the judgment prepared by shorthand writers. LexisLibrary contains all judgments from the High Court and aboveView Judgment
- Cases related to this particular case that are related to, or discuss this caseView related cases
- The All England Law Reports comprises judgments with headnotes and catchwords indicating the area of law and key issues of the case prepared by legally qualified editorsFind AllER Reports
- Commentary discussing this particular case from LexisLibrary's comprehensive range of titles including Butterworths, Halsbury's and TolleyView related commentary
