[2008] EWCA Crim 465

A judge had a duty to have regard to appropriate sentencing guidelines in accordance with the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.172, and where there were guidelines it was expected that an explanation would be provided in the judge's reasons where they were departed from. It was appropriate to reduce a notional determinate sentence of 16 years for two counts of robbery and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to 14 years.

CA (Crim Div) (Hooper LJ, Blake J, Dame Heather Steel)

22/02/2008