[2011] EWCA Crim 1678

Where an offender had been convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, following an altercation which was out of character and unlikely to be repeated, it had not been manifestly excessive for the court to impose a suspended sentence of six months' imprisonment with requirements of 140 hours of unpaid work, a curfew and a requirement not to contact the complainant. However, an exclusion from licensed premises was unnecessary and disproportionate.

CA (Crim Div) (Sir Anthony May (President QB), Hickinbottom J, Thirlwall J)

16/06/2011