Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 107 (Sep)
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hooper LJ, Nelson and Maddison JJ
Representation Tom Little (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the first defendant.
  Jeremy Ornstin (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the second defendant.
  Alan Kent (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the prosecution.
Judgment Dates: 17 September 2008

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Violent disorder - Defendants being ring-leaders in attack on supporters of rival football team - Forty months' imprisonment - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The appeal of two defendants, supporters of a football team who had been the ring-leaders in an attack on supporters of a rival football team, against sentences of 40 months' imprisonment respectively for violent disorder was dismissed. Having regard to authority, the nature of violence involved and where there was evidence of previous football misconduct, a starting point of five years was appropriate for defendants who had been in the position of ring-leaders. In those circumstances the sentence could not be said to be manifestly excessive.

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