The appellant was convicted of possessing a prohibited firearm, a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun, and sentenced to the minimum term of 5 years. She appealed on the basis the judge should have found exceptional circumstances justifying a sentence below the statutory minimum. During a search of a storage facility a number…
The judge found that exceptional circumstances existed not to impose the minimum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and instead imposed 2 years. For possession of ammunition he imposed 12 months concurrent and 14 days for a bail act offence, also concurrent. The judge made no reference, however, to credit for…