[2007] EWCA Crim 922
Judges should not be intimidated by the possibility of a reference by the Attorney General when considering departing from sentencing guidelines and imposing a lenient sentence where the facts of a case or significant personal mitigation in favour of the offender merited such a departure.
CA (Crim Div) (Lord Philips LCJ, Latham LJ (VP CA Crim), Treacy J)
02/04/2007