R V (1) DAVID TOVEY (2) PETER JOHN SMITH (2005)
The court considered the proper method of sentencing where sample offences were charged and it was alleged that there had been multiple offending by the defendant.
The court considered the proper method of sentencing where sample offences were charged and it was alleged that there had been multiple offending by the defendant.
A total sentence of eight years’ imprisonment for indecent assault and inflicting grievous bodily harm on an 83-year-old victim was manifestly excessive. The judge failed to give the appropriate discount for the defendant’s early pleas of guilty, and the indecent assault was not of the worst kind.