A sentence of three-and-a-half years' imprisonment for an offence of sustained and racially aggravated actual bodily harm by a defendant with a substantial record of violence was not manifestly excessive. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 gave up to two years' additional imprisonment for racially motivated offences.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Tucker J, Judge Rant QC)

25/11/1999