| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2008] All ER (D) 53 (Feb) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] EWCA Crim 2545 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Butterfield and Dobbs JJ |
| Representation | Ian Mullarkey (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 15 October 2007 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Robbery - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
The defendant's the sentence of six-and-a-half years' imprisonment for an offence of robbery was quashed and substituted by a sentence of four-and-a-half years' imprisonment, in circumstances where the defendant had grabbed a wallet from a 68-year-old man walking in the street with the aid of a stick.
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