The court reviewed sentencing levels for domestic burglary. Such cases must always be very serious, but individual cases varied almost infinitely. After a trial an adult defendant could expect a sentence of three years’ imprisonment for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.
Six appeals against sentence following pleas of guilty to offences of domestic burglary.
Citations:
Times 04-Jul-1997, Gazette 09-Jul-1997, [1998] 1 Cr App R 220, [1998] 1 Cr App R (S) 181, [1997] EWCA Crim 3421, [1998] 1 Cr App Rep (S) 181, [1997] Crim LR 690
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England and Wales
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Revisited in – McInerney, Keating v Regina CACD 18-Dec-2002
The defendants appealed against their sentences for domestic burglary. The court took the opportunity to provide new guideline sentences for standard domestic burglaries.
Held: The sentencing advisory panel had issued new guidance, supported . .
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Criminal Sentencing, Crime
Updated: 11 October 2022; Ref: scu.547542