[2007] EWCA Crim 832

A judge had been correct to impose a sentence of 12 years' imprisonment on three defendants for conspiracy to blackmail, following their prolonged campaign of fear and intimidation against the owners of a farm that bred animals for medical research, despite the fact that he had provided a direction indicating that a term of 12 years would be the maximum sentence they would receive if they were to enter pleas of guilty.

CA (Crim Div) (Latham LJ (VP CA Crim), Butterfield J, King J)

15/03/2007