The offender worked for a brewery and ran their public houses in central London. He was responsible amongst other tasks for collecting takings. He stole andpound;20,000.
Held: The court accepted the submission that the manager of a public house does not fall into the high category, that is of a high degree of trust, merely by virtue of his responsibility for banking takings. So the court applied the guideline for theft of andpound;2,000 to andpound;20,000 and reduced a sentence of 16 months to nine months.
Citations:
[2009] EWCA Crim 1356
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Shutt, Regina v CACD 10-Dec-2010
The defendant had stolen from cash machines he was employed to repair. He appealed against the concurrent sentences of 8 months imposed.
Held: The appeal succeeded, and a sentence of 12 months supervision substituted. The defendant was of . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.428697