A defendant is to be sentenced for her actual offence not for manner in which she conducted her defence. It was wrong to increase the sentence because it was felt that she had been ‘playing the race card’.
Citations:
Gazette 25-Jun-1997, Times 12-Jun-1997, [1997] EWCA Crim 1411
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing, Criminal Sentencing, Crime
Updated: 08 October 2022; Ref: scu.150866
