The appellant was sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment for fraud, 4 weeks for a Bail Act offence and 4 months for possession of a bladed article, all to run consecutively. He tried to open a bank account in the name of another using a genuine driving licence. The staff member…
The appellant changed his plea to guilty on two offences of driving while disqualified, aggravated vehicle taking and attempted burglary. He was sentenced to a total of 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment. The appeal focussed on the credit given for the plea and the term for the attempted burglary….
The appellant pleaded guilty to administering a substance with intent, rape of a child under 13, assault by penetration of a child under 13, two offences of sexual assault of a child under 13, distributing indecent photos, voyeurism and three offences of both taking and making indecent photos of a…
View Posts The appellant pleaded guilty to domestic burglary and two offences of robbery and was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment for the burglary and an extended sentence comprising a custodial term of 6 years and an extended licence of 3 years for the robberies. The victims of the offences…
The appellant pleaded guilty to an offence of burglary and was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment. He was subject to the minimum term provisions and had also been sentenced under the provisions on a previous occasion. The judge allowed 20% discount for plea on the basis that he had pleaded…
The appellant was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of an offensive weapon and two offences of assault upon an emergency worker. He did not enter pleas at the magistrates’ court and was committed to the Crown Court. Proposed pleas and a basis were discussed at the PTPH…
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…
The point was taken on an application for leave to appeal against sentence that the appellant had indicated a plea at the earliest opportunity, namely in the magistrates’ court when the Better Case Management form was filled in. On that form the section headed plea was completed “no indication”, underneath…
The appellant was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for conspiracy to make a false instrument, having withdrawn an application to vacate his plea. The Belgian police had notified their UK counterparts of the appellant who appeared to be connected to an identity card factory in Belgium. His admitted involvement was…