Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 04 (Jul)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Crim 1449
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Hooper LJ, Rafferty and Slade JJ
Representation Patrick Upward QC and Kenneth Aylett (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the first defendant.
  Nadine Radford QC and Sophie Shotten (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the second defendant.
  Steven Dyble (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 1 July 2010

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Defendants involved in conspiracy to evade prohibition on importation of 35.62 kilos of heroin - First defendant being head of organisation - Second defendant being liaison between first defendant and supplier - Defendants sentenced to 22 and 18 years' imprisonment respectively - Whether sentences manifestly excessive.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that the in all the circumstances the defendants sentences for conspiracy to contravene s170(2)(b) Customs and Excise Managment Act 1979 were manifestly excessive and substituted sentences of 16 and 12 years' imprisonment respectively.

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