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Court of Appeal allows appeal of sentences totalling three years' imprisonment with the final twelve months suspended imposed for various driving offences, on the grounds that they were unduly lenient, and increases the overall sentence to four years' imprisonment with the final fifteen months suspended, on the grounds that insufficient weight was paid to the aggravating factors in the case, including the fact that the respondent was driving while disqualified and while intoxicated, the extremely dangerous manner of his driving and his large number of past relevant convictions.
Criminal law – sentencing – undue leniency – whether an overall sentence of three years' imprisonment with the final twelve months suspended imposed for various driving offences was unduly lenient – s. 112 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 – s. 56 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 – s. 53 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 – s. 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 – s. 2 of the Criminal Damage Act 1991 – s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – whether insufficient weight was paid to the aggravating factors – four years' imprisonment with the final fifteen months suspended substituted – sentence imposed by the court below was unduly lenient – appeal allowed.
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