The sentencing guidance in Hogarth v The Queen, as clarified by DPP v Meyers, applies to aggravated burglary in all of its more serious forms, not merely those involving weapons or falling within the Sentencing Advisory Council's definition of 'confrontational aggravated burglary'. The use of labels such as 'confrontational' as sentencing tools is to be discouraged as lacking utility and potentially distracting from identification of the true nature of the offending. A sentence of 6 years' imprisonment on a plea of guilty may be apposite for a serious case of aggravated burglary even where no weapons are used and no physical assault occurs.
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