The defendants, brothers, appealed against their sentences for burglary, saying that the judge had wrongly increased their sentences to reflect their past offences and the likelihood of re-offending. The sentences were in excess of the guideline sentences for the circumstances.
Held: The 2003 Act allowed such sentences imposing a duty to pass a sentences treating previous offences as an aggravating factor, and also for deterrence.
Hallett LJ DBE, Saunders J, Zeidman QC J
[2013] EWCA Crim 1779
Bailii
Criminal Justice Act 2003 143(2)
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 25 November 2021; Ref: scu.517488
