| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 132 (Sep) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Elias LJ, Maddison and Burnett JJ (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Franco Tizzano (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 27 September 2011 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Defendant convicted of cruelty to a child and sentenced to two years' imprisonment - Whether judge erring in imposing custodial sentence - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, allowed an appeal by a defendant against a sentence of two years' imprisonment for cruelty to a child, on the basis that the defendant's age, maturity and abusive relationship amounted to significant mitigating factors and case fell towards the lower end of the sentencing range.
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