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1. On 22 November 2002 at the Crown Court at Cardiff before the Recorder of Cardiff His Honour Judge Griffith-Williams QC the applicant, then aged 20, pleaded guilty to attempted murder contrary to s.1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981. On 2 December 2002, he was sentenced by the same judge to custody for life with a minimum term of 4 years and...

1. On 9 November 2016 in the Crown Court at Snaresbrook before H.H.J Sanders the appellant was convicted of breach of an enforcement notice contrary to section 179 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (``the Act'') by an 11:1 majority. She was acquitted on count 1 in relation to a breach of an enforcement notice in respect of the same prop...

2. On the same date he was sentenced to imprisonment for life and the period of 12 years less 228 days spent on remand was specified as the minimum term under s269 (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. 3. The single judge has referred his applications for an extension of time (of 7 years and 6 months) and for leave to appeal against conviction (lim...

2. At pre-trial hearings on 16 May, 21 July and 17 October 2014 at Warwick Crown Court (before Her Honour Judge de Bertodano), Lemar Grant, Kofi Poyser, Anthony McLeod and Ricardo Grant pleaded guilty to five counts of kidnap, possession of firearm with intent, false imprisonment, blackmail, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent (the kidnap

1. On the 22nd July 2014, the Applicant was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court before HHJ Zeidman QC and a jury, on four counts of rape, contrary to Section 1(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (counts 1, 3, 5 and 6), for which he received concurrent sentences of 15 years imprisonment. He was also convicted on one count of assault by penetration

1. On 17 November 2006, in the Crown Court at Bristol, His Honour Judge Lambert sentenced Terence John Hockey to concurrent terms of 9 months' imprisonment for six offences to which he had previously pleaded guilty in the Magistrates Court. For those which arose after the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, he also ordered that he unde...

1. On 13 June 2014, at the Central Criminal Court before Judge Hone Q.C. and a jury, the applicant, Ketan Somaia (now aged 55), was convicted of nine counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception, as follows: by a majority (11-1) on counts 1 and 8; by a majority (10-2) on count 10; and unanimously on counts 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 11. 2. On 22 July 2...

1. In most cases involving young persons, s. 45 of the Youth and Criminal Justice Act 1999 (``the 1999 Act'') which came into force from April 2015, replacing s. 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (``the CYPA 1933'') protects their identity from publication until they attain the age of 18. The court may, however, dispense with the restr...

1. On 14 May 2015, after a trial lasting some five weeks, Stephen Agera (who is now aged 26) and Stephen Lansana (now aged 24) were convicted at the Central Criminal Court before Her Honour Judge Poulet Q.C. and a jury of robbery and murder. Both had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary in respect of Lansana on 8 April 2015 a...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: On 18th August 2016 in the Crown Court at Woolwich, this appellant pleaded guilty to an offence of aggravated burglary. On 10th February 2017 he was sentenced to four years' detention in a young offender institution. By leave of the single judge he now appeals against that sentence, contending that it is ma...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: On 11th June 2013 in the Crown Court at Croydon, this applicant was convicted of an offence of obtaining leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom by deception, contrary to section 24A(a) of the Immigration Act 1971. Her co-accused Mr Rudy Puljhun was convicted of an offence, contrary to section 25 of t...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: On 22nd August 2016 in the Crown Court at Reading, this applicant Jason Humphrey was convicted of an offence of attempted robbery. On the following day he was sentenced by Her Honour Judge Durran to imprisonment for five-and-a-half years. His applications for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence

1. The issue on this appeal concerns the appropriate level of fine for a very large organisation in respect of two health and safety offences in which two of its employees suffered serious and lasting injury. The matter calls for the application of the principles articulated in R v Thames Water [2015] EWCA Crim 960; [2015] 1 WLR 4411 and of the Se...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: On 17th November 2016 the Central London Magistrates' Court committed this applicant, Mark Burke, to the Crown Court at Southwark for sentence for a total of 16 offences set out in five separate memoranda of committal: 13 offences of thefts from shops, two offences of breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order and...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: There is in this case a young witness who is entitled to the lifelong protection of section 45A of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. Her name must accordingly be anonymised in any report of these proceedings. 2. This is an appeal by leave of the single judge against sentences totalling three

1. This appeal requires us to decide whether we should quash a confiscation order made under section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 after the prosecution and the defence had agreed, and presented to the judge, figures for the ``value of the benefit'' and the ``available amount'', which he approved. 2. On 29 January 2014 in the Crown Court at

1. On 18 May 2016, at the first hearing at Bulford Military Court Centre, the Appellant, Sgt Daniel Jeffrey Martin, pleaded guilty to two charges of common assault contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (``the 2006 Act''). On 14 July 2016, at the same court, he was sentenced by Assistant...

1. This is an application on behalf of Her Majesty's Attorney General under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 seeking leave to refer to this court a sentence on the ground that it is unduly lenient. 2. The offender is Joshua Mark Dobby. He was born on 5th June 1993. He pleaded guilty at various stages to various counts on an indictm...

1. These two appeals have been heard together because each involves a consideration of the judgments in R v Stewart (James) [2009] EWCA Crim 593, [2009] 2 Cr. App. R. 30 and A.G's Reference (No. 34 of 2014) (Jenkin) [2014] EWCA Crim 1394, [2014] 2 Cr. App. R. (S) 84. Both appellants suffered from schizophrenia and killed whilst under the influence

1. In late 2015 the appellant, aged 22, and his half-brother, Geoffrey, aged 27 were charged with causing grievous bodily harm on 18 September 2015 to the complainant with intent by throwing sulphuric acid at her face. Geoffrey pleaded guilty on 16 November 2015. 2. The appellant pleaded not guilty. He was convicted of the same offence on 12 April

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE PICKEN: On 10 March 2016, at Sheffield Crown Court, the appellant pleaded guilty to an offence of criminal damage. Subsequently, on 13 July 2016, he pleaded guilty on re-arraignment to the offence of burglary of a dwelling. 2. He was sentenced for these matters on 5 January 2017 by His Honour Judge Dixon, receiving

2. On 26 August 2016, the appellant was sentenced to an extended sentence of 6 years pursuant to section 226A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 made up of a custodial term of 4 years and an extension period of 2 years. He was subject to a victim surcharge order. B. The Facts 3. In December 2015, the appellant was released upon licence from prison...

1. These two cases have been referred to the full court by the Registrar. Each raises the issue of the appropriate allowance to be made for extreme old age in the sentencing process. We grant leave in each case. 2. The appellants were at the time of sentence aged 101 and 96 respectively. Both were sentenced for sexual offences committed some tim...

1. Over the last few years this court has issued repeated warnings about the dangers of poor drafting of indictments in cases of alleged `historic sexual abuse'. We have two more examples before us. The Registrar has referred Coatman's application for leave to appeal against conviction and Walker's applications for an extension of time and leave to...

1. Five defendants presently face trial in the Crown Court at Birmingham on 5 June 2017 in respect of three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud. The defendants Barker and Chudasama are indicted in all three counts. Chauhan, Ahmed and Croft are jointly indicted with them in separate counts. We intend no discourtesy or preconceived view of their beh...

1. On 8 April 2016, at the Central Criminal Court, the appellant pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an offensive weapon. Two other counts relating to unlawful wounding were ordered to lie on the file against the appellant. The appellant was sentenced to 8 years detention in a Young Offender Institution in...

1. The principal, though not only, question raised on this appeal is this. Is self-defence capable in law of being invoked as a defence to a charge of dangerous driving? We were told that there is no authority directly covering this point. 2. The point arises, it has to be said, in rather unusual circumstances: both as to the facts of the case...

J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE HOLROYDE: On 11th June 2016, in the Crown Court at Southwark, this applicant, Mr Peter Chapman, was convicted of four offences of corruption, contrary to section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. He was subsequently sentenced by the trial judge, His Honour Judge Grieve QC, to concurrent terms of 30 months' i...

J U D G M E N T (Approved)1. PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION: On 22nd December 2015 in the Crown Court at Isleworth, before Mr Recorder Featherby and a jury, this appellant was convicted after a 5 day trial of stalking involving serious alarm or distress and careless driving, both by majority verdict. On 5th February the Recorder sentence...

1. On 12 September 2014 in the Central Criminal Court before Mr Recorder Khalil QC the Applicant was convicted of possessing criminal property in the sum of just under £250,000 cash. On 22 January 2015 he was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment. 2. He applies for an extension of time of 21 months in which to apply for leave to appeal against convic...