Where an attack on a victim began for the purposes of robbery but continued to become a serious violent assault, it was a prolonged single incident against the same victim at the same place, and although the robbery happened to be complete before the violence escalated, the two offences were inextricably linked as associated offences for sentencing purposes.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene J, Bracewell J, Judge LJ)

16/04/1999