Akery [2024] EWCA Crim 1745

The appellant was convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment. He appealed against sentence. The appellant was driving a van and became involved in a verbal dispute with a cyclist, he drove his van toward him, mounting the pavement and hitting a…

Cagna pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and Fowles to an affray, Cagna was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment and Fowles to 6 months. Both appealed on the basis that their sentence should have been suspended. “In the case of someone who actively engages in or encourages significant…