It is appropriate when sentencing to give reasons even if it only brought the judge to consider what effect his sentence might have on the public mind, and the public’s likely reaction. In these circumstances, a three month sentence for wounding with intent by stabbing in a public place was derisory.
Citations:
Times 23-Mar-1993
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.88039