[2008] EWCA Crim 1532

Having regard to the sentencing categories in the sentencing guidelines, a period of three years' imprisonment for grievous bodily harm imposed on a 42-year-old well-respected family man, who had been largely out of trouble for 15 years, was unduly lenient even though the man was unlikely to have become involved in the incident but for the actions of his friend, the co-accused. The sentencing judge had taken the right approach in disregarding the offender's previous record, but still a man of his age could be expected to behave appropriately and not indulge in serious violence.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers LCJ, Dobbs J, Underhill J)

24/06/2008