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Court of Appeal allows appeal of unduly lenient sentence imposed for the assault of the appellant’s partner and substitutes a term of imprisonment of four years with the final sixteen months suspended, finding that the sentence imposed did not adequately reflect the gravity of the offending behaviour.
Criminal law – sentencing – sentence of twelve months’ imprisonment imposed for assault on appellant’s partner – s. 3 of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 – s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – undue leniency – domestic violence – whether sentence imposed does not adequately reflect the gravity of the offending behaviour – case warranted a sentence substantially higher than the one imposed – sentence of four years' imprisonment, with final sixteen months suspended, substituted – appeal allowed.
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