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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.
Sentence appeal partly allowed. The Court of Appeal held that full credit for guilty pleas should have been given and reduced the overall sentence.
Hall, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 556 (24 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a sentence appeal by Salvadore Leroy Hall, finding 16 years’ imprisonment for violent false imprisonment, assault and firearms offences was not manifestly excessive.
The Court of Appeal upheld a 16-year sentence for false imprisonment, grievous bodily harm and firearms offences, finding no error in the judge’s totality assessment.
Ashby, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 635 (24 April 2026)
Court of Appeal dismissed a sentence appeal by Matthew Ashby, holding that the 80-month total sentence properly reflected domestic violence, drug supply, driving offences, mitigation, and totality.
The Court of Appeal increased Derek Johnson’s sentence after finding the original term unduly lenient for multiple sexual offences against three child victims.
The Court of Appeal partly allowed Henry King’s sentence appeal, reducing activation of a suspended sentence and applying totality, while upholding the 30-month count 1 sentence.
King, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 526 (17 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal reduced a youth defendant’s total sentence from 46 to 38 months after finding the sentencing judge failed to apply totality at the final stage.
Johnson, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 549 (17 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal increased Derek Johnson’s sentence on an Attorney General’s reference, finding the original term unduly lenient in a child sexual abuse case.
Hoe, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 554 (16 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal dismissed Thomas Hoe’s sentence appeal, holding that 15 years’ imprisonment for two section 18 wounding offences was not manifestly excessive.
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