[2013] EWCA Crim 274

The court quashed as excessive a sentence of five years' detention with a five-year extension period imposed on a vulnerable young offender who had pleaded guilty to two thefts and one attempt to choke, suffocate or strangle his great-grandmother with intent. The appropriate sentence was four years' detention with a three-year extension period.

CA (Crim Div) (Elias LJ, Keith J, Stuart-Smith J)

27/02/2013