[2010] EWCA Crim 353

A suspended sentence of two years' imprisonment imposed on an offender for wounding with intent was not unduly lenient where the offender, who had been attacked in his home by the victim with an axe, stabbed the victim once under serious provocation. The sentence was, however, unlawful because the maximum sentence which could be suspended as a matter of law was 12 months' imprisonment; a suspended sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was therefore substituted.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Simon J, Royce J)

11/02/2010