Wilkie J considered the effect on sentence of a guilty plea where a trial would otherwise have been very long and expensive. He said: ‘. . A third case which is sometimes treated as meriting exceptional treatment is the exceptionally long and complex trial, whether in fraud or otherwise (such as people trafficking, complex drug cases, serial sex abuse cases with many complainants and the like). Since the rationale of reduction for plea is the public benefit which we have described, we leave open the possibility that, unusually, some considerable benefits may well ensue from a plea of guilty even at a late stage. Care must however be taken with such a proposition so that it does not become routine . .’
Judges:
Wilkie J
Citations:
[2012] EWCA Crim 2821
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Cited – Dart and Others v Regina CACD 31-Oct-2014
The defendants had been convicted on guilty pleas of offences under the 2006 Act. Dart had been sentenced to a six year term and a five year extended sentence. Other received shorter and longer sentences as appropriate. They now applied for leave to . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 10 November 2022; Ref: scu.467635