[2012] EWCA Crim 2646

A sentence of eight months' imprisonment was appropriate for an offender who had pleaded guilty to an offence of doing an act intended to pervert the course of justice, where his personal mitigation was strong. However, it was an aggravating feature that he had given the name of his brother to the police when he was arrested in respect of a public order offence, and he was charged and sentenced in that name which meant that his brother was always at risk of being prejudiced by having an apparent criminal conviction.

CA (Crim Div) (Hallett LJ, Underhill J, Judge Jacobs Recorder of Norwich)

13/11/2012