[2012] EWCA Crim 2166

A sentence of 10 months' imprisonment imposed following a guilty plea to perverting the cause of justice was not wrong or manifestly excessive where, in relation to a careless driving offence, the offender had lied by informing the police that his girlfriend had been driving and had run off, resulting in police and fire brigade searches for her at significant cost, and the girlfriend's unnecessary subsequent arrest and lengthy detention by police.

CA (Crim Div) (Richards LJ, Openshaw J, Judge Ford QC (Recorder of Bristol))

04/10/2012