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Court of Appeal upholds the decision of the original court to suspend the entirety of a 3-year and 3-month sentence for an assault causing harm, despite the Director of Public Prosecutions' appeal on the grounds of undue leniency, finding that, while the sentence was lenient, it did not reach the threshold of being unduly lenient, considering the balance of factors including the respondent's rehabilitation prospects.
Assault causing harm - suspended sentence - undue leniency - rehabilitation - Court of Appeal - Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 - guilty plea - mitigation - victim impact statement - previous convictions - probation report - deterrence - Criminal Justice Act 1993, s.2 - generalia specialibus non derogant (the general does not derogate from the specific).
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