[2012] EWCA Crim 1537

A distinction had to be maintained between assistance given to the police by a defendant in the course of giving evidence, possibly motivated by a desire to set up a defence of duress, and assistance given by entering into an agreement to give evidence on behalf of the Crown following a guilty plea. However, the assistance given by a defendant during a police investigation and trial relating to the importation of cocaine deserved to be reflected in a greater reduction of sentence than had been given and a sentence of four years' imprisonment was reduced to three years.

CA (Crim Div) (Pitchford LJ, Lloyd Jones J)

26/06/2012