Sentencing: Appeals
(asked on 10th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the offence committed was in each case in which the sentence was considered to be unduly lenient but not altered by the Court of Appeal in the last five years; and what the reason for not increasing the sentence was in each case.
The information requested is detailed below.
2010
Offence | Reason for not altering sentence |
Conspiracy to supply controlled drug of Class B | Double jeopardy significant; not in the interests of justice. |
Wounding with intent | Substantial lapse of time since the offence was committed; Young age of the offender. |
Conspiracy to traffic persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation | Offender’s poor mental health |
Grievous bodily harm with intent | Double jeopardy significant; not in the interests of justice. |
Grievous bodily harm with intent | Double jeopardy significant; not in the interests of justice |
2011
Offence | Reason for not altering sentence |
robbery | Fully complying with the terms of the suspended sentence order - not in the interests of justice. |
Wounding with intent | Compassionate grounds; offender's brother had very recently committed suicide. |
Sexual assault | Double jeopardy significant; not in the interests of justice |
2012
Offence | Reason for not altering sentence |
Cheating the Public Revenue | Offender’s poor health |
Grievous bodily harm with intent | Compassionate grounds; fully complying with the terms of the suspended sentence order – not in the interests of justice. |
Producing a class B drug; possession with intent to supply a class B drug x 3; possession with intent to supply a class C drug; possession of a class C drug. | Fully complying with the terms of the suspended sentence order; exemplary character – not in the interests of justice. |
2013
Offence | Reason for not altering sentence |
Burglary | Fully complying with the terms of the suspended sentence order – not in the interests of justice. |
Conspiracy to defraud | Double jeopardy significant; good progress made during detention in a Young Offenders’ Institute – not in the interests of justice. |
2014
Offence | Reason for not altering sentence |
Conspiracy to defraud | Double jeopardy significant; offender’s mental health |
Arson | Fully complying with the terms of the suspended sentence order; offender in the early stages of pregnancy – not in the interests of justice. |