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The Court of Appeal resentenced a contemnor to 6 months’ concurrent imprisonment for five counts of contempt arising from fraudulent use of the Breathing Space scheme.
The Court of Appeal Criminal Division refused leave to appeal against sentence, upholding an extended sentence for kidnapping, false imprisonment and manslaughter.
Sentencing judges must consider conscientious motivation as relevant to culpability, assess proportionality of interference with ECHR rights, and impose the shortest sentence commensurate with seriousness; manifestly excessive sentences must be reduced, but immediate custody is justified given the scale, planning, and harm of the offences.
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The court found Jennifer Roberts in contempt for breaching an anti-social behaviour injunction, but imposed no further penalty beyond the breach finding.
Turner & Anor v Coates [2025] EWCA Civ 782 (25 June 2025)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a contempt appeal over a boundary-and-harassment dispute, upholding a 448-day committal sentence and refusing a stay for pending criminal proceedings.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a contempt committal for repeated breaches of injunctions in a neighbour boundary dispute, upholding consecutive sentencing.
Hope, R. v [2025] EWCA Crim 855 (18 June 2025)
The Court of Appeal upheld an extended sentence for attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and a concurrent sentence for breaching a restraining order.
The Court of Appeal upheld convictions and 11-year sentences for conspiracy to defraud investors through teak plantation schemes and misconduct in winding up.
Dylan v Barclays Bank PLC [2025] EWCA Civ 20 (17 January 2025)
Appeal dismissed against a 22-month committal sentence for contempt arising from deliberate breaches of freezing orders and late admission of liability.
The Court of Appeal held that Atif Ahmed Qasim’s sentence was unduly lenient, quashed it, and substituted a 17-year total sentence.
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