[2004] EWCA Crim 417

Offences involving the use of a knife to inflict serious injury required strong deterrent sentences. Only limited credit would be given for a guilty plea where it was very late and on an untruthful basis which required the victim and another witness to the crime to relive the experience in court.

CA (Crim Div) (Kennedy LJ, Penry-Davey J, Simon J)

17/02/2004