Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 18 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWCA Crim 2416
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Gray and Wilkie JJ

Representation Janet Ironfield (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 27 September 2007

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Robbery - Defendant and co-accused being sentenced to eight years' imprisonment - Co-accused's term being reduced on appeal - Whether defendant's term should be reduced in line with that of co-accused

The Case

There being no grounds to distinguish the defendant's involvement in a robbery from that of his co-accused, his sentence would be reduced from eight years to six in line with the Court of Appeal's earlier decision on the co-accused.

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