Introduction
1. On 12 July 2007, at the Kingston Crown Court, a number of persons were sentenced by His Honour Judge Richard Haworth to periods of imprisonment after pleading guilty at various stages to an indictment which charged a conspiracy to supply significant quantities of a Class A drug (cocaine) and offences under the Firearms Act. 2. Her Majesty's Attorney General applies for leave to refer to this court for review, under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the sentences passed on the two offenders, Alfie Hogg (who was then aged 27) and Neil Rolls (then aged 29) on the ground that she considers them unduly lenient. We grant leave. 3. There is also an application for leave to appeal against sentence by one of the others involved in this matter, Joe Anthony Roach, who is aged 19. His application has been referred to the full court by the Registrar. We shall deal with his application in the course of this judgment.
- Mr Q Hawkins
- Introduction
- The offences
- Goodyear
- The preparation of the reference
- R v Padoan and Smith
- The Judge’s sentencing remarks
- The basic submissions of the Attorney General
- The basic facts
- The approach to Rolls’ basis of plea : “gainsay”
- gainsay
- R v Underwood
- gainsaid”
- Newton
- The aggravating and mitigating factors
- R v Aramah
- R v Aranguren and Others
- Whiteway
- The appeal of Roach