The defendant appaled a sentence of twelve months for offences of theft and obtaining property by deception. She was pregnant. The judge calculated that she would be released under the electronic tagging scheme before the confinement.
Held: The judge was wrong to take into account when sentencing what was an extra-statutory and discretionary scheme. A two year community rehabilitation order was substituted.
Judges:
Woolf LCJ, Moses, Leveson JJ
Citations:
Times 02-Mar-2004
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.194089
