Roland Junior Meade [2019] EWCA Crim 930

The appellant was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment as he was subject to the provisions of s111 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. The Judge expressly determined that there was no statutory provision which could mitigate the sentence from three years. This was an error as she had overlooked the provisions of s144 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 of credit for a guilty plea that does not take the sentence below 80% of the third strike minimum.

The sentence was quashed and substituted for it a sentence of 2 years and 5 months to allow for the guilty plea credit.