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Net custodial sentence of three years for robbery at knifepoint was not unduly harsh
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of the severity of a sentence of four years with the final year suspended imposed for robbery at knifepoint finding that the net custodial sentence of three years for this type of offence was not unduly harsh.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal of severity of four years with the final year suspended imposed for robbery – s. 14 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 – whether the sentencing judge erred in principle holding that there was an element of planning in the robbery in the absence of any evidence of same – whether the sentencing judge erred in principle in holding that the offence fell into the upper range – whether the sentence imposed was unduly severe – net custodial sentence of three years for this type of offence is not unduly harsh – appeal dismissed
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