On a Crown appeal against a manifestly inadequate sentence for dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, the Court of Appeal may decline to impose imprisonment where the offender has been returned to the community, has complied with existing orders, and is in stable employment, instead increasing the fine and imposing licence disqualification. The case provides sentencing comparisons for aggravated dangerous driving offences involving high blood alcohol levels and appalling traffic histories.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 4 later cases that cite this judgment.
2 of the 4 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.