Appeal from imprisonment for public protection for minimum term of 7 years after guilty plea to wounding with intent to go grievous bodily harm- vulnerable victim.
Held: ‘such a violent, sustained and life-threatening g attack on a vulnerable man required a very lengthy prison sentence. Had there been a trial a term of some 16 or 17 years’ imprisonment could well have been anticipated. The notional determinate sentence of 14 years made, in our judgment, adequate allowance for the late plea of guilty. The specified minimum term of seven years’ imprisonment is not therefore manifestly excessive and this appeal in consequence is dismissed.’
Citations:
[2009] EWCA Crim 2135
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 23 June 2022; Ref: scu.377783