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Court of Appeal, on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions, refuses to review a sentence of six years imprisonment, with 18 months suspended, imposed for charges of assault causing harm, and assault causing serious harm, on two individuals, despite the fact that one victim had suffered a severe and life-changing skull fracture, on the grounds that the sentence was not so lenient as to constitute a substantial departure from the appropriate sentence.
Application by prosecution for review of sentence - alleged undue leniency - section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 - assault causing serious harm and assault causing harm - six years imprisonment with final 18 months suspended - assaults on two individuals within minutes of each other - one injured party struck in face and kicked when on ground sustaining fracture to clavicle and laceration to lip - other injured party suffering fracture to skull - mitigating factors - gravity of offences - whether sentence constituted a substantial departure from the appropriate sentence.
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