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Court of Appeal upholds sentence for burglary, on the grounds that the trial judge: (a) had regard to all relevant factors, made no error in principle and imposed a sentence within the margin of discretion; and (b) was entitled to impose a deterrent sentence, both for general reasons and in the specific circumstances of the case.
Offence: burglary
Original sentence: five years imprisonment with one year suspended
Appeal by: defence
Outcome: sentence upheld
Grounds: trial judge had regard to all relevant factors in his comprehensive judgment, there was no error in principle, and the sentence imposed was within margin of discretion; trial judge was entitled to have regard to the necessity of imposing a deterrent sentence both in respect of general and specific deterrence and there was no basis for saying he gave undue weight to this
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