[2004] EWCA Crim 2109

A total sentence of five years' imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm and cruelty to a person under 16 was manifestly excessive. The judge either had too high a starting point in mind or had given insufficient credit for the defendant's pleas and his intellectual inadequacies. The sentence would be reduced to three years six months.

CA (Crim Div) (Potter LJ, Gibbs J)

19/07/2004