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R v ROSIE LEE PETHERICK (2012)

PUBLISHED October 3, 2012
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[2012] EWCA Crim 2214

When considering an appeal against a sentence of four years and nine months' imprisonment imposed on a single mother of a two-year-old child for causing death by dangerous driving, the Court of Appeal gave guidance on the effect on the sentencing exercise of the rights of an offender's dependent children or other family members under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, Wilkie J, Popplewell J)

03/10/2012

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