[2004] EWCA Crim 2853

Where the correct starting point had been recognised and the real dispute was whether an appropriate amount of the sentence had been deducted to reflect mitigation, references to refer cases should not be encouraged unless there was some peculiar feature of local outrage or some special feature that made it appropriate for the Attorney-General to seek leave.

CA (Crim Div) (Potter LJ, Moses J)

02/11/2004