Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 97 (Sep)
Neutral Citation: [2008] EWCA Crim 1360
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hooper LJ, Forbes and Blake JJ
Representation Stephen Uttley (instructed by Khan & Co) for the offender.
  Peter Wright QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General.
Judgment Dates: 30 April 2008

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment -  Length of sentence — Causing death by dangerous driving - Offender overtaking at speed and colliding with deceased's vehicle - No previous convictions - Offender sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment - Whether sentence unduly lenient.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. On a reference to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General, a sentence of 14 months' imprisonment imposed on an offender for causing death by dangerous driving was held to be lenient, if not unduly lenient. The appropriate sentence after a trial was in the region of between two years' imprisonment to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment. However, taking double jeopardy into account it would be wrong to interfere with the sentence.

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