| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 57 (Nov) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWCA Crim 2423 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Lord Judge CJ, Rafferty and Henriques JJ (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Abigail Langford (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 4 November 2009 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Racially aggravated harassment - Defendant racially abusing police officer executing duty - Judge imposing six months' imprisonment - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, refused the defendant's application for leave to appeal against his six-month sentence, it having been referred to the full court by the registrar as, having regard to the fact that the victim of the defendant's racially aggravated harassment was a police officer executing his duty as well as the local turbulence involving racist triggers in the area of the offence, namely, Bradford, the sentence was appropriate and there was nothing to impugn it.
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