[2013] EWCA Crim 1483

Where a defendant had used his job as a postman to facilitate the theft of mobile phones, a sentence of 16 months' imprisonment was not excessive given the breach of the high degree of trust that society placed in the postal system. However, the costs order imposed needed to be payable within a reasonable amount of time and was quashed for being unduly burdensome, as even if he were to find employment upon release, it would take three years to pay off.

CA (Crim Div) (Davis LJ, Swift J, Griffith Williams J)

02/08/2013