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Sentence – Suspended sentence. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that a suspended sentence of two years' imprisonment, together with an unpaid work requirement had been unduly lenient, in circumstances where the victim had suffered multiple fractures to his jaw. The court quashed the suspended sentence order and imposed an immediate custodial sentence of two-and-half-years' imprisonment.
Sentence – Suspended sentence. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, held that a suspended sentence of two years' imprisonment, together with an unpaid work requirement had been unduly lenient, in circumstances where the victim had suffered multiple fractures to his jaw. The court quashed the suspended sentence order and imposed an immediate custodial sentence of two-and-half-years' imprisonment.
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