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Court of Appeal determines that the original sentence for a series of assaults and false imprisonment in an intimate partner violence case to be unduly lenient, increasing the sentence to four years with the remaining part suspended, on the grounds that, whilst the offender's progress in rehabilitation is acknowledged, there is a need to mark the seriousness of the offences, and setting the headline sentence at five years is a more appropriate starting point.
Intimate partner violence - assault causing harm - false imprisonment - unduly lenient sentence - Court of Appeal - rehabilitation - suspended sentence - probation report - MOVE programme - deterrence - Criminal Justice Act 1993 - Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 - recidivism - strangulation - victim impact report - psychological report - deterrence - headline sentence.
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