by prisonsorguk | Jan 16, 2016 | Court of Appeal, Diminished Responsibility, Manslaughter, Unduly lenient
A man who virtually decapitated his girlfriend with a bread knife while he was drunk has had his jail sentence doubled. Judges at the Court of Appeal in London overturned the “unduly lenient” six-year prison term imposed in the case of James Richardson and...
by prisonsorguk | Aug 5, 2015 | Sex offences, Sex offenders, Unduly lenient
A man from Birmingham who raped a “very intoxicated” student as she made her way home after a night out has had his jail sentence increased by leading judges. They announced at a hearing in London that a prisonsentence of four years imposed in the case of...
by prisonsorguk | May 1, 2015 | Sex offences, Sex offenders, Unduly lenient, Vulnerable
A man from Plymouth who sexually assaulted a “particularly vulnerable” woman at a nightclub has had his non-custodial sentence overturned by leading judges and ordered to prison for three years. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, declared that the...
by prisonsorguk | Jan 17, 2015 | Domestic violence, Drugs, Unduly lenient
A Lancashire woman who carried out a series of assaults on her partner – hitting him with a hammer, a curtain pole and a bottle – has had her “unduly lenient” jail sentence increased by four years. Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London...
