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Court of Appeal quashes sentence for burglary and substitutes more lenient sentence, finding that: (a) while the intrinsic seriousness of burglaries of all types could not be gainsaid, they vary widely in their relative or ordinal seriousness and the sentencing judge made an error of principle in placing this offence in the mid-range; but (b) there was no error in the sentencing judge’s approach to the question of possible part suspension of the sentence.
Offence: one count of burglary contrary to s. 12 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001
Original sentence: three years' imprisonment
Appeal by: defence
Outcome: sentence quashed and new sentence imposed of two years' imprisonment
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