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Fully suspended sentence for €500k drugs and cash haul was 'too lenient', appeal court finds

The fully suspended sentence handed down to a higher scale drug dealer who was caught with over €500,000 in cocaine, cannabis and cash was too lenient, the Court of Appeal has ruled as it sent him to jail today. In imposing the three-year sentence ...

24 Oct 2024 at 19:07

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Mother jailed for 'vile' sexual abuse of toddler son after court finds suspended sentence unduly lenient

A mother has been jailed for the neglect and “vile” sexual abuse of her own toddler son after the Court of Appeal ruled that a fully suspended sentence was unduly lenient. The court heard that the boy was placed into foster care before he turned ...

29 Jul 2024 at 17:58

Court of Appeal to review youngest machete killers’ eight-year minimum terms

The minimum terms handed to Britain’s youngster knife murderers for killing Shawn Seesahai are set to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal after claims the sentences were unduly lenient. The boys, now aged 13, were both 12 when they attacked Mr ...

05 Nov 2024 at 15:06

What is the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and what can the Court of Appeal do?

The Court of Appeal will on Thursday consider whether to change the sentence of the two 13-year-old killers of Shawn Seesahai, who became Britain’s youngest knife murderers when they were convicted at Nottingham Crown Court earlier this year....

19 Dec 2024 at 02:45

Ex-nursery worker could have sentence for allowing daughter’s death increased

A woman who wheeled her daughter’s body around in a pram could have her sentence for allowing the youngster’s death increased at the Court of Appeal as “unduly lenient”. Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, was jailed for 10 years in December last ...

27 Jan 2025 at 17:14

Father who murdered daughter in play-fight could have sentence increased

A father who fatally stabbed his 14-year-old daughter in the heart during a play-fight could have his sentence increased on Thursday after his case was referred to the Court of Appeal. Simon Vickers was jailed for life with a minimum term ...

15 May 2025 at 02:45

Bid to increase sentence of Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to be heard next week

A bid to have the sentence of a teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli increased is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Mr Kohli, 80, was punched and kicked, slapped in the face with a shoe and racially ...

08 Aug 2025 at 17:43

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