Fredrick Owusu-Acheampong [2019] EWCA Crim 1503

The sentence of 13 and a half months for possession of a bladed article was upheld. The appellant was seen with an 8-inch kitchen knife and was pursued by the police through a large group of people.

The sentencing judge did not articulate his conclusions for not suspending the sentence, but it was implicit in the circumstances of the offence, its commission and the sentencing remarks that appropriate punishment could only be achieved by immediate custody.