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R v MARY McLAUGHLIN sub nom DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION'S REFERENCE (NO 11 OF 2013) (2013)

PUBLISHED October 4, 2013
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[2013] NICA 55

A sentence of 15 months' imprisonment, comprising 10 months on licence and five months in custody, imposed on an offender for causing death and grievous injury by dangerous driving where she had lost consciousness at the wheel because of a pre-existing medical condition, was unduly lenient. Although the judge had been entitled to take a starting point of three years, which fell outside the guidelines, he was wrong to reduce the starting point to 15 months in consideration of the offender's personal circumstances.

CA (Crim Div) (NI) (Morgan LCJ, Coghlin LJ, Maguire J)

04/10/2013

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