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Signed plea of guilty was given insufficient weight in sentencing
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Court of Appeal allows appeal from a sentence of three and a half years' imprisonment imposed for the offence of violent disorder, and subsitutes a sentence of three and a half years' imprisonment with the last year suspended, on the grounds that the headline sentence of five years had been too severe and the sentencing judge had not given sufficient weight to mitigating factors, especially the fact that a signed plea of guilty had been entered in the District Court.
McCarthy (judgment of the court): Offence of violent disorder - sentence of three and a half years' imprisonment - appeal against severity - previous convictions - mitigating factors - plea of guilty - principle of parity - reference to comparator without consulting counsel - signed plea of guilty.
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