Bond, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 406 (14 February 2024)
The Recorder's decision not to suspend the sentence was within the proper range of judicial discretion, given the aggravating features and the balancing of relevant factors; the sentence was neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.
- Citation
- [2024] EWCA Crim 406
- Parties
- Prosecution: Rex; Appellant: Thomas Christopher Bond
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 14 February 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, Sentencing, Suspension of Custodial Sentence, Mitigation, Guilty Plea Reduction
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Parties
Rex
Prosecution
Thomas Christopher Bond
Appellant
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence of immediate custody should have been suspended
- 2 Whether the sentence was manifestly excessive or wrong in principle
Ratio Decidendi
The Recorder's decision not to suspend the sentence was within the proper range of judicial discretion, given the aggravating features and the balancing of relevant factors; the sentence was neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- Sentence of six months' immediate custody upheld
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