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 appeal against sentence.
Held: Leave was refused for three defendants, but given for two, and sentences of 5 years 3 months’ imprisonment and 3 years 9 months’ imprisonment imposed because of the lower level of offending.
Pitchford LJ, Sweeney J
[2014] EWCA Crim 2158
Judiciary, Bailii
Terrorism Act 2006 5(1), Terrorism Act 2000 1
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v F CACD 16-Feb-2007
The defendant was charged with offences for having been in possession of a document or record containing information of a kind ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’. It was thought he was associated with a . .
Cited – Regina v Tabbakh CACD 2009
The defendant applied for leave to appeal against his sentence after conviction for an offence under section 5 of the 2006 Act.
Held: The Court was not prepared to lay down any general range for s.5 offences. . .
Cited – Gul, Regina v SC 23-Oct-2013
Mr Gul appealed against a dismissal of his appeal against his conviction for dissemination of terrorist publications contrary to section 2 of the 2006 Act. The Court was now asked as to the meaning of ‘terrorism’ in section 1 of the Terrorism Act . .
Cited – Qureshi, Regina v, Attorney General’s Reference no 7 of 2008 CACD 22-Apr-2008
The factual nexus between the offender’s conduct in preparation for giving effect to that intention and the future commission of the intended act(s) of terrorism will be a significant factor in determining the ultimate sentence for a s.5 offence . .
Cited – Khan and Others v Regina CACD 16-Apr-2013
The several defendants appealed against sentences imposed for acts preparatory to terrorism. Each had been involved to a lesser extent than principals in a larger circle.
Held: Leveson LJ said: ‘Although potentially highly relevant both to . .
Cited – Caley and Others (Guilty Pleas) v Regina CACD 21-Dec-2012
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 . .
Cited – Khan and Others v Regina CACD 4-Dec-2013
Defendants appealed agaist sentence after conviction under section 5 of the 2006 Act. . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 10 November 2021; Ref: scu.538198
