[2013] EWCA Crim 2026
An immediate long period of detention was inevitable for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs even for a 19 year-old with no previous convictions. However for an involvement somewhere between lesser and significant, the appropriate sentence was a term of 42 months' detention.
CA (Crim Div) (Rafferty LJ DBE, Thirlwall J DBE, Judge Zeidman QC)
18/10/2013