Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 127 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Crim 484
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hughes LJ, Mackay and Lloyd Jones JJ (judgment delivered extempore)

Representation Ruth Smith (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 11 February 2010

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Defendant pleading guilty to two of six robberies of betting shops - Defendant being sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that in the circumstances, the sentence of sentence of 10 years' imprisonment for robbery had been too severe and a sentence of seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment was substituted.

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