Flynn, R v, Court of Appeal - Criminal Division, October 12, 2018, [2018] EWCA Crim 2468

No: 2018 02587 A4

Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWCA Crim 2468

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

CRIMINAL DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London, WC2A 2LL

Friday, 12 October 2018

B e f o r e:

LORD JUSTICE SIMON

MR JUSTICE GOSS

THE RECORDER OF WINCHESTER

HIS HONOUR JUDGE CUTLER CBE

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R E G I N A

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ROBERT GRAHAM FLYNN

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MR SEAN SMITH appeared on behalf of the Applicant

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LORD JUSTICE SIMON:

1. On 2nd May 2018, in the Crown Court at Liverpool the applicant pleaded guilty to twelve charges of fraud, contrary to section 1 of the Fraud Act 1988 (counts 1-12), a single charge of possession of false identity documents with the intention of using them to establish registerable facts about himself, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 (count 13), a charge of possession of an identity document with the improper intent of using the document to establish personal information that was false, contrary to section 4(1) and (2) of the Identity Documents Act 2010 (count 14), and a further charge of perverting the course of justice (count 15).

2. On 23rd May he was sentenced by Mr Recorder Rhind for the fraud and identity offences to a total term of 36 months' imprisonment, consisting of 30 months on count 12 and concurrent terms on counts 3 to 14; and...