[2012] EWCA Crim 59

Where a judge considered that a sentence of imprisonment was appropriate, there was no statutory requirement for him to find exceptional circumstances before he could consider suspending it. That said, there had to be a good reason for him to not to impose the sentence with immediate effect.

CA (Crim Div) (Hooper LJ, Hickinbottom J, Judge Warwick McKinnon)

24/01/2012