[2004] EWCA Crim 1919

A sentence of four years for an offence of reckless arson was manifestly excessive and would be reduced to two years in circumstances where the judge had placed too much reliance on R v Harding (2000) and had done insufficient justice to other relevant authorities and to the unusual circumstances of the defendant's attempt to take his own life in setting the fire rather than targeting a victim.

CA (Crim Div) (Hooper LJ, McCombe J, Sir John Alliott)

25/06/2004