[2001] EWCA Crim 2023

A deterrent sentence was required where the defendant, convicted of 19 counts of unauthorised possession of goods bearing a trade mark, had copied 3,000 to 4,000 music compact discs that were indistinguishable from legitimate discs. Concurrent sentences of 30 months' imprisonment on each count were not manifestly excessive or wrong in principle.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Butterfield J, Cooke J)

03/10/2001