[2001] EWCA Crim 998

In an appeal against sentence by the first appellant for conspiracy to rob, a guilty plea at the time of arraignment was to be considered an early guilty plea, and the appropriate discount was one third. The second appellant's conviction for conspiracy to rob could not be regarded as unsafe in the light of the judge's failure to follow the specimen direction on inferences from silence at interview, and his sentence adequately reflected his organisational role.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene LJ, Douglas Brown J, Sir Brian Smedley)

30/03/2001