A 19-year old pleaded guilty to robbery with an imitation firearm and sentenced to four and three quarter years.
Held: The sentence was reduced to four years. The starting point of seven years’ imprisonment was too high for a young man of the age of the offender. The starting point should have been in the region of six years: ‘Several aggravating features identified by the guideline were present here: the offence was committed at night by a team of two; there was a strong element of planning; the offenders had with them a motor vehicle; each of them was armed with a replica firearm and each of them was disguised. The target was vulnerable, being a small convenience store, on the occupants of which actual force and the threat of force were used. Those occupants were frightened by their experience although no physical harm was done.’
Citations:
[2007] EWCA Crim 2341
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Attorney Genera;’s Reference No 46, 47 and 48 of 2009 CACD 19-Nov-2009
The A-G complaned that sentences imposed for robbery of a newsagent using an imitation firearm were unduly lenient.
Held: The sentences were variously upheld and reduced according to the circumstances identified as important by reference to . .
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Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.514429