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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.73 OF 2011) sub nom R v CARLESS (2011)

PUBLISHED October 31, 2011
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[2011] EWCA Crim 3164

It was not appropriate to lengthen an unduly lenient sentence of three years and four months' imprisonment, imposed on an offender for wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon, where the offender's brother had committed suicide while the offender had been in prison and so he had been unable to attend the funeral.

CA (Crim Div) (Moses LJ, MacDuff J, Singh J)

31/10/2011

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