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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.75 OF 2008) sub nom R v CHRISTOPHER PURDY (2009)

PUBLISHED March 26, 2009
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[2009] EWCA Crim 667

A sentence of one year's imprisonment imposed for racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm was not unduly lenient, as the offender had been sentenced with several others who had been subject to statutory restrictions owing to their age, and the sentences had to be proportionate to avoid unfair disparity.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Irwin J, Wyn Williams J)

26/03/2009

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