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Suspended sentence for man who set flat on fire was not unduly lenient
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by prosecution of three year suspended sentence imposed for criminal damage arising from an incident where the respondent set his flat on fire and jumped out the window, finding that for a person who, like the respondent, had struggled with drugs and living at what might be described as at the edge in social terms, a sentence suspended for a lengthy period and subject to fairly onerous terms was, while not involving immediate liberty deprivation, nevertheless challenging.
Criminal law – sentencing – undue leniency – whether a three year suspended sentence imposed for criminal damage was unduly lenient – s. 2(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1981 – respondent set fire to a flat – s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – whether the sentence imposed is outside the parameters of the discretion available to the sentencing judge – sentence was not unduly lenient – appeal dismissed
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