When looking to the effect on sentencing of offences asked to be taken into consideration, the court should allow for the fact that the defendant had assisted the police. Such co-operation would be associated often with an early indication of guilt, and would reduce the need for further proceedings. How it should be taken into account would depend on the circumstances. They might sometimes aggravate the offence for which sentence was to be imposed, particularly where they showed a pattern of behaviour involvg planning or if they had been committed on bail.
Judges:
Sir Igor Judge P
Citations:
Times 10-Apr-2006
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.240400
