Chamberlain (1992) 13 Cr App R (S) 525

Issue was taken with activation of 18 months of a 24 month term in circumstances where the appellant had complied with all requirements and fell to be sentenced for offences committed during the operational period. Held: the extent of compliance is relevant, but this is not a mechanistic exercise, activation…

The appellant committed a number of offences in breach of a suspended sentence order. He was sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment for common assaults and breach of a restraining order, and the SSO was activated in its entirety, 19 months, to be served consecutively. He was also subject to a…