A recent appearance in the Court of Appeal ended successfully for George Joseph whose submissions persuaded the court to quash an immediate custodial sentence, resulting in his client’s immediate release.
After a judge at Isleworth Crown Court imposed a sentence of 14 months’ immediate custody, George argued that the original sentence failed to take proper account of the mitigating features of the case and incorrectly treated the circumstances as involving an abuse of trust. The Court of Appeal agreed on each ground advanced, concluding that the case was one which could and should have been disposed of with a suspended sentence. Quashing the original term of immediate custody, the appeal court substituted a sentence of 10 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.
George was instructed by Rob Jacques of Reeds Solicitors, and can be instructed through our criminal clerking team at crime@cornwallstreet.co.uk.