The appellant had been convicted of robbery, and sentenced to seven years. The judge had added a sentence for possession of a prohibited weapon (a gas cannister) of three years consecutive. The defendant appealed the sentence.
Held: It was correct to make a sentence for the use of weapons run consecutive to the main offence. If Clarke suggested a consecutive sentence was not appropriate than it should be recognised that that was no longer correct. Even so the court must still look at the totality of the sentence.
Judges:
Lord Woolf LCJ, Douglas Brown, Wakerley JJ
Citations:
Times 12-Nov-2003
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Clarified – Regina v Clarke (Kevin) 1993
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 15 August 2022; Ref: scu.188683