[2025] EWCA Crim 1302

MR JUSTICE LAVENDER:

The Registrar has referred to the Full Court this application for an extension of time and for leave to appeal against a sentence imposed on the applicant on 12 May 2025 in the Crown Court at Cambridge for one count of aggravated vehicle taking, contrary to section 12A(1) of the Theft Act 1968. We grant both the extension of time and leave to appeal.

It is agreed that the appellant spent 35 days on a qualifying curfew and that consequently he was entitled to 18 days’ credit.

The sole ground of appeal is that the judge did not direct, as he was required to do by section 240A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, that the 18-day credit period was to count as time served as part of the sentence.

It appears that this matter was overlooked by all concerned. By the time the appellant's counsel realised this, it was too late for an application to be made to the judge under the slip rule. Accordingly, we allow the appeal, in that we direct that the 18-day credit period is to count as time served as part of the appellant's sentence.

Two other matters have been drawn to our attention by the Registrar. The first matter is that the appellant was 20 when he was sentenced, but sentence was wrongly pronounced as a sentence of "imprisonment" and was thus unlawful. We quash the sentence of imprisonment and substitute a sentence of 12 months' detention in a young offender institution. The second matter is to clarify the period of disqualification from driving. We confirm that the appellant was disqualified for 18 months, made up of a statutory minimum of 12 months plus an extension period of 6 months.

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