[2008] EWCA Crim 902

A sentence of four-and-a-half years' detention imposed for manslaughter was not excessive where a knife had been brandished during a violent confrontation but where the precise mechanics of fatal injury were unclear. Where death or serious injury resulted from confrontations involving knives, judges could be expected to pass heavy sentences.

CA (Crim Div) (Moore-Bick LJ, Openshaw J, Sir Richard Curtis)

03/04/2008