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Court of Appeal allows appeal of sentence imposed for possession of an explosive substance and reduces to the sentence to five years with the final two suspended, on the grounds that the appellant is now attempting to make some positive use of his time in custody towards rehabilitation.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against severity of sentence of eight years' imprisonment with the last two years suspended imposed for possession of an explosive substance – s. 4 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 – appellant is now attempting to make some positive use of his time in custody towards rehabilitation – five-year sentence with the last two years suspended substituted – appeal allowed.
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