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Criminal law [2026] EWCA Crim 601

Serjanaj, R. v

Serjanaj, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 601 (30 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal reduced a cannabis-production sentence from 26 months to 16 months after finding the original starting point too high and rejecting aggravation.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Drug-offences
  • Appeal-against-sentence
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R v Jetmir Serjanaj

The Court of Appeal reduced Jetmir Serjanaj’s sentence for cannabis production from 26 months to 16 months after finding the original starting point too high.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Sentencing-appeal
  • Cannabis-production
  • Drug-offences
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R v Ali Mohammed Hamid

The Court of Appeal held a drug-sentence referral was unduly lenient because it failed to reflect separate periods of offending and the totality principle.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Totality principle
  • Unduly lenient sentences
  • Criminal damage
  • Drug-offences
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Criminal law [2026] EWCA Crim 584

Henry-Godwin, R. v

Henry-Godwin, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 584 (28 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a sentence appeal, holding that a 25% guilty plea discount was correct because the appellant could have pleaded earlier.

  • Sentencing
  • Credit for guilty plea
  • Drug offences
  • Guilty-plea-credit
  • Drug-offences
  • Court-of-appeal-criminal-division
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Criminal law

R v Khaine Henry-Godwin

The Court of Appeal dismissed a sentence appeal, holding that a 25% guilty plea discount was appropriate because the appellant could have pleaded earlier.

  • Sentencing
  • Credit for guilty plea
  • Drug offences
  • Guilty-plea-credit
  • Drug-offences
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal law

R v Brian Hollywood

Sentence appeal partly allowed. The Court of Appeal held that full credit for guilty pleas should have been given and reduced the overall sentence.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Credit for guilty plea
  • Totality principle
  • Drug-offences
  • Guilty-plea-credit
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Criminal law

R v Matthew Ashby

The Court of Appeal dismissed Matthew Ashby’s sentence appeal, holding that the judge properly assessed mitigation, totality, and drug-offence starting points.

  • Sentencing
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Drug offences
  • Driving offences
  • Domestic violence
  • Appeal-against-sentence
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Criminal law

R v Conrad Byrd

The Court of Appeal reduced Conrad Byrd’s sentence for possessing cocaine with intent to supply from 12 years 9 months to 12 years after finding the original allowance for mitigation too low.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Mitigation
  • Appeal procedure
  • Drug-offences
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal law [2026] EWCA Crim 586

Byrd, R. v

Byrd, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 586 (24 April 2026)

Court of Appeal reduced a drug-trafficking sentence from 12 years 9 months to 12 years after finding the original term still failed to reflect significant mitigation.

  • Sentencing
  • Drug offences
  • Mitigation
  • Guilty plea credit
  • Drug-offences
  • Guilty-plea-credit
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Criminal law [2026] EWCA Crim 558

Hollywood, R. v

Hollywood, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 558 (24 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal partly allowed a drug-sentence appeal, holding that full one-third guilty plea credit should have been given for Nitazene charges. The total sentence fell to 9 years 9 months.

  • Sentencing
  • Credit for guilty plea
  • Drug offences
  • Possession with intent to supply
  • Guilty-plea-credit
  • Drug-offences
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