Court of Appeal quashes immediate custodial sentence after sentencing judge had suggested it might be suspended if defendant pleaded guilty
August 25, 2026
The Registrar of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal Master Egan QC has warned that the Court’s workload is coming under pressure following an increase in the number of applications for permission to appeal. 7,442 applications to appeal were lodged for the year end 30 september 2012, an increase of 6%. 5,711 were appeals against sentence and 1,731 were appeals against conviction. Over the past three years 25% of appeals against sentence and 11% against conviction have succeeded.
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