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Appeal against sentence partly allowed. The court reduced the sentence for using a forged identity card from 12 to 6 months, lowering the total term to 12 months.
Sentencing appeal dismissed. The court upheld a 17-month sentence for taking prohibited employment, holding that prior offending and unrelated detention did not justify further reduction.
The Court of First Instance dismissed a magistracy sentence appeal, upholding 16 months’ imprisonment for illegal employment while subject to a removal order.
The High Court dismissed Mendy Lamin P’s appeals against conviction and sentence for working while a removal order was in force, upholding 15 months’ imprisonment.
Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentence for theft and handling stolen goods, holding the starting points and limited consecutive sentence were proper.
High Court appeal against sentence for breach of condition of stay. The court upheld a 12-month term for a 20-year overstay and gave no extra reduction.
Appeal against sentence dismissed. The High Court upheld 8 months for theft and 15 months for breach of a deportation order, with 4 months consecutive.
Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal out of time in a drug-trafficking sentence case, holding the 14-year sentence was within established guidelines.
The Court of Appeal reduced the appellant’s total sentence by three months on humanitarian grounds after his wife died after sentencing, leaving a young daughter.
Appeal against sentence partly allowed. The High Court left the individual sentences unchanged but varied concurrency so the aggregate term in this case became four months.
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