[2001] EWCA Crim 2508

Where the only aggravating feature of an offence of causing death by dangerous driving was the appellant's excessive speed, a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was manifestly excessive and was quashed and substituted with a term of six months.

CA (Crim Div) (Laws LJ, Sir Brian Smedley, Judge Rant QC)

01/11/2001