[2001] EWCA Crim 1185

A sentence of 15 months' imprisonment for arson and one month concurrent for breach of a conditional discharge was not manifestly excessive for a defendant who set fire to her house believing that there was a poltergeist in it, despite her psychiatric background.

CA (Crim Div) (Mantell LJ, Penry-Davey J, Judge Evans)

09/05/2001