| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2010] All ER (D) 44 (Oct) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Hughes LJ, Owen and Thirlwall JJ (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Stephen Leslie QC (instructed by Charles Simmons) for the offender. |
| Simon Denison QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 7 October 2010 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Custodial sentence - Seriousness of offence - Offender lying to police to protect partner involved in contract killing - Offender convicted of perverting the course of public justice - Suspended sentence being imposed - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
Sentence Custodial sentence. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, on a reference by the Attorney General, quashed a suspended sentence and imposed a custodial sentence of 18 months' imprisonment on an offender who had been convicted of perverting the course of public justice in relation to a contract killing.
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