In view of the offender's violent history, a sentence of 15 months' imprisonment for two offences of threats to kill was unduly lenient in that there had been a real risk that the offender would carry out his threats. Accordingly the sentence was quashed and substituted with a sentence of three years' imprisonment.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill LCJ, Tucker J, Hallett J)

18/01/2000