The appellants were animal liberation activists who had pleaded guilty to causing a public nuisance by making a large number of telephone calls to employees and shareholders of certain companies whose activities the appellants opposed. The calls were designed to jam the company telephone switchboards, and some of them were threatening and intimidating. They appealed their sentences.
Held: The sentences of 18 months’ and five years’ imprisonment were reduced to nine months’ and 30 months’.
Citations:
[2005] 1 Cr App R(S) 349, [2004] EWCA Crim 1847
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Rimmington; Regina v Goldstein HL 21-Jul-2005
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