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R v JOHN BARRASS (2011)

PUBLISHED July 18, 2011
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[2011] EWCA Crim 2629

A sentence of two years and eight months' imprisonment was not manifestly excessive where an offender had pleaded guilty to gross negligence manslaughter. Attorney General's Reference (Nos 60, 62 and 63 of 2009), Re [2009] EWCA Crim 2693, [2010] 2 Cr. App. R. (S.) 46 had created a step change in the tariff of sentencing in cases of unlawful act manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter, each of which ultimately rested on its own facts and by reference to a proper consideration of the fatal consequences of the offence.

CA (Crim Div) (Rix LJ, Stadlen J, Judge Stephens QC)

18/07/2011

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