Sentencing guidelines
7479 results
R v O'Keefe
Theft, burglary and attempted burglary - domestic burglary - persistent offender - guilty plea at first opportunity and request for large number of offences to be taken into consideration - whether sentence of 4 years in Young Offenders Centre excessive.
Gary John O'Keefe 16/02/1998 MacDermott LJ
R v Sloan
Dangerous driving - causing death or grievous bodily harm - circumstances aggravating offence and circumstances mitigating offence - length of appropriate custodial sentence.
[1998] NI 58 MacDermott LJ
Chief Constable of the RUC v Eamon Coney; Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965
Mag 8 Mr Clery
R v Steven McCullough
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm of female - significant degree of disfigurement - whether trial judge erred by drawing comparison to sentencing in "glassing" cases.
R v McCullough 191297 Carswell LCJ
R v Donald Joseph George Richardson
Theft - offence committed while appellant on bail for another offence - imposition of consecutive sentence - totality of sentence.
R v Richardson 191297 Carswell LCJ
R v Colin McKeown, Jason Loyal & Robert Glasgow
Conspiracy to rob and false imprisonment - plan to rob sub post office appellants caught holding the family of sub post mistress hostage - deterrent sentences - discount for guilty plea under Article 33 of the Criminal Justice (NI) Order (1996).
R v McKeown, Logal, Glasgow 181297 MacDermott LJ
Sekhri v Millar
BT/97/1996 (Part 2) Mr Curry
R v Sean Patrick McGuigan
Grievous bodily harm with intent - assault using iron bar - "punishment beating" - deterrent sentences.
R v McGuigan 141197 Kerr J
R v Sean Patrick McGuigan
Grievous bodily harm with intent - assault using iron bar - "punishment beating" - deterrent sentences.
R v McGuigan 141197 Kerr J
R v Eamon Hugh Molloy
Rape, attempted buggery and indecent assault of pregnant woman in her own home - attack caused "major psychological trauma" to victim - whether 15 years excessive.
1997 NIJB 241 Carswell LCJ
Practice Direction 08/1997 - Proceedings Commenced by National and Provincial Building Society, Halifax Building Society, Alliance & Leicester Building Society and Woolwich Building Society
PD 08/1997
R v McCullagh
Driving whilst disqualified and dangerous driving - young offender - consecutive sentences - disqualification from driving for life.
CARSWELL LCJ11 JULY 1997 Carswell LCJ
Hood, Superintendent (RUC, Strabane) v Mark Lowry
Mag 7 Mr Porter
R v Sean Joseph Carlin
Grievous bodily harm with intent - stamping on head of victim - young offender - maximum period of detention.
R v Carlin 110797 Carswell LCJ
Practice Direction 07/1997 - Listing of Cases at Belfast Crown Court to be Heard Before County Court Judges
07/1997
R v Michael Blair
Conspiracy to defraud the Inland Revenue - sub-contractor's tax exemption vouchers - deterrent sentences or "clang of prison gates" principle.
R v Blair 200697 Carswell LCJ
Practice Direction 05/1997 - Delivery of Judgments by the Chancery Judge
PD 05/1997
R v Andrew William Coyle
Grievous bodily harm with intent - injured party had part of ear bitten off - sentence in cases of "biting" - "Newton" hearing of disputed facts following applicant pleading guilty on re-arraignment.
R v Coyle 110697 MacDermott LJ
R v Brian Agnew
Conspiracy to defraud, false accounting and providing false information - mortgage fraud - whether trial judge attached sufficient weight to circumstances behind motive for committing the offences - use of transactions to re-finance appellant's debt - whether should be dealt with by "clang of prison gates" sentencing principle.
R v Agnew 060697 Carswell LCJ