Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 126 (Aug)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Gage LJ, Treacy and Bean JJ
Representation Dawn Chapman (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
  Phillip Rule (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 22 August 2008

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Handling stolen goods - Fraud by false representation - Possession of article for use in fraud - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. Where the defendant had been convicted of handling stolen goods, fraud by false representation and possession of an article for use in fraud and had been sentenced to three years' imprisonment, whilst the sentence imposed on the defendant had been affected by his criminal record, the sentence was disproportionate to the facts of the instant case and would be reduced to two years' imprisonment.

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