[2001] EWCA Crim 1925

Severe sentences containing a deterrent element should be imposed for robberies on small post offices. The correct sentence for a 17-year-old youth involved in such a robbery where a knife and mask had been used was three-and-a-half years' detention.

CA (Crim Div) (Curtis J, Grigson J, Rose LJ)

17/08/2001