Attorney General's Reference No. 8 of 2007

Attorney General's Reference No. 8 of 2007

The offender's peripheral involvement, significant personal mitigation, and lack of likelihood to re-offend justified the departure from sentencing guidelines; the sentence, though lenient, was not unduly lenient.

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Parties
Applicant: Attorney General; Respondent: Danielle Clare Krivec; Co Defendant: Patrice Roberts
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
02 April 2007
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Attorney General's Reference Under Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988
Outcome
Sentence left undisturbed
Legal Topics
Sentencing, Unduly Lenient Sentence, Drug Offences, Mitigation
Criminal Law Sentencing Unduly Lenient Sentence Drug Offences Mitigation

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Parties

Attorney General

Applicant

Danielle Clare Krivec

Respondent

Patrice Roberts

Co Defendant

Procedural Posture

Criminal / Attorney General's Reference Under Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the sentence imposed on Danielle Clare Krivec was unduly lenient
  2. 2 Whether there was justification for departing from sentencing guidelines

Ratio Decidendi

The offender's peripheral involvement, significant personal mitigation, and lack of likelihood to re-offend justified the departure from sentencing guidelines; the sentence, though lenient, was not unduly lenient.

Court Disposition

Sentence left undisturbed

Orders

  • Sentence of six months' detention suspended for two years on count 1 and twelve months' detention concurrent suspended for two years on count 2, with 200 hours unpaid work and two years supervision, and £500 costs order, remains unchanged.