[2013] EWCA Crim 924

A total sentence of four years and two months' imprisonment for an offender's four assaults on his partner properly reflected his criminality and was not manifestly excessive. Where someone was put in constant peril and fear in his own home as a result of repetitive domestic abuse, that was potentially a substantial aggravating factor for sentencing purposes; the aggravation was compounded where the perpetrator was in reality controlling the victim and abusing his position in the home and the victim was, in the domestic context, vulnerable.

CA (Crim Div) (Sir John Thomas (President QBD) , Foskett J, Hickinbottom J)

14/05/2013