Ask for a Crown Court sentence to be reviewed

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ou can ask for someone’s Crown Court sentence to be reviewed if you think it’s too low.

The Attorney General’s Office can review very low sentences given by the Crown Court in England and Wales if they’re asked to.

Only certain types of case can be reviewed, including:

murder
rape
robbery
some child sex crimes and child cruelty
some serious fraud
some serious drug crimes
some terror-related offences
crimes committed because of the victim’s race or religion

This shows you the type of info they need www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

For instance you might have found this sentence very slight compared to for instance the original sentence for Sally Challen :

" ... Anthony Williams was today handed a five-year sentence by a judge at Swansea Crown Court for the manslaughter of his wife, Ruth, of 46 years. He had told detectives he just snapped when she told him to “get over it.” Judge Paul Thomas described this as a “tragic case on several levels” after hearing evidence Williams had suffered with depression and anxiety after five days of being in lockdown. ... "

www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/news/2021/2/18/sentencing-of-anthony-williams-institutionalised-sexism-within-the-criminal-justice-system-laid-bare

Comments from Harriet Harman here uk.movies.yahoo.com/anthony-williams-lockdown-killing-lenient-154820883.html

Example of letter sent www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3594873847301173&set=pcb.3594873947301163

“The fundamental problem is that this shows a fault line in the murder/manslaughter charging. There’s a loophole in the law, a fundamental flaw, which gives excuses to a man who kills his wife, which he would never get away with if he killed his neighbour.

“If he went out in the street and killed a neighbour, there would be no question of him facing a murder charge. You get a discount for it being your wife and you get a discount for it being in her own home where she should feel safe.”

Ms Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, said she is concerned Williams will only serve two-and-a-half years in custody and the other half of his sentence on licence, less the time he has already spent on remand since he was charged.

“The areas in which I think this case needs to be examined are the difference between how men and women pleading such a defence of diminished responsibility are managed, and the way that plays out, specifically in cases of alleged domestic murder.

“I want some assurances as somebody who is always seeking to improve criminal justice outcomes for victims of domestic violence, about how this case was managed both by the courts, but also by the Crown Prosecution Service.”

www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/19104273.mps-claim-pensioners-jail-term-killing-wife-lockdown-unduly-lenient/