Baker & Anor, R v

Sentences were manifestly excessive due to absence of coercion or corruption, guilty pleas, unsophisticated and small-scale operation; sentences reduced accordingly.

Parties: Appellant: Kenneth Baker; Appellant: John Ivor Griffiths; Respondent: Regina
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Judgment Date: 07 February 2008
Procedural Posture: Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
Outcome: appeals allowed; sentences reduced
Legal Topics: Brothel Keeping, Sentencing Guidelines, Prostitution Offences

Criminal Law Brothel Keeping Sentencing Guidelines Prostitution Offences

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Parties

Kenneth Baker

Appellant

John Ivor Griffiths

Appellant

Regina

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence

Legal Issues

1 Whether the sentences imposed for keeping a brothel used for prostitution were excessive given the absence of coercion or corruption, guilty pleas, and the unsophisticated nature of the operation

Ratio Decidendi

Sentences were manifestly excessive due to absence of coercion or corruption, guilty pleas, unsophisticated and small-scale operation; sentences reduced accordingly.

Court Disposition

appeals allowed; sentences reduced

Orders

Baker's sentences quashed and replaced with concurrent sentences of nine months.
Griffiths' sentences substituted with four months on count 1 and five months on count 2, concurrent.