Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 173 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Crim 1536
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Aikens LJ, Slade J and Judge Wadsworth QC (judgment delivered extempore)

Representation Jason Mansell (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendants.
  Alan Kent (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown.
Judgment Dates: 18 May 2010

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Defendants charged with indecent assault and attempted rape - Defendant sentenced to nine years' imprisonment - Whether judge erring - .

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, dismissed the defendant's appeal against sentence on the basis that although an unfortunate mistake had occurred what was important was that the sentence had been corrected.

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