Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 438 (Oct)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWCA Crim 2197
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Pitchers and Underhill JJ
Representation David Maunder (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 13 March 2007

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Unlawful wounding - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The defendant's appeal against a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment concurrent on one count of unlawful wounding and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, relying on, inter alia, his previous good character and the conclusions of a pre-sentence report that he posed a low risk of reoffending, the appeal would be dismissed. In all the circumstances, the sentence passed by the judge already reflected the mitigating circumstances available to the defendant. The sentence was not a heavy one for a case of the instant character. The offence certainly did not justify a lesser sentence than the judge had imposed.

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