| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2008] All ER (D) 32 (Feb) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Butterfield and Dobbs JJ |
| Representation | Craig Jones (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 October 2007 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
The defendant's sentence of five months' imprisonment, for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was quashed and substituted by a sentence of three months' imprisonment, in circumstances where the defendant had hit the complainant with his fist and the co-accused had hit the complainant over the head with a beer bottle.
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