Given the current conditions of severe prison overcrowding, a sentence served would be a more severe punichment, and a sentencing court could make allowance for that.
Judges:
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers LCJ, Sir Igor Judge P, David Clarke J
Citations:
[2007] EWCA Crim 254, Times 16-Feb-2007
Links:
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.249375