Appeal was made against a sentence thought unduly lenient. The defendant was convicted of a racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Held: There should be a serious increase in the penalty where a crime is racially aggravated, but this was not to be a calculation derived from the new maximum penalties.
Judges:
Rose LJ, Crane, Hunt JJ
Citations:
Times 21-Apr-2004
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.196027
