The AG sought to refer as too lenient sentences imposed upon two defendants each convicted of the unlawful supply of heroin.
Held: The offender had already made a favourable impression upon medical staff during a drug rehabilitation requirement assessment period both as to his motivation and as to his successful start to the programme. There had been a lengthy delay between arrest and sentence. The sentencing judge had taken a specific course conscious that it was exceptional.
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers LCJ, Davis, Simon JJ
[2007] EWCA Crim 2634
Bailii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Attorney General’s Reference Nos 61, 62 and 63 of 2011 CACD 27-Oct-2011
ag61_2011CACD2011
The AG appealed against sentences imposed on the several defendants for supplying Class A controlled drugs. The sentencer had applied recently proposed guidelines, sentencing them as having low grade involvement in the supply of high quality drugs. . .
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Updated: 15 July 2021; Ref: scu.262884
