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Death by careless driving – struck and fatally wounded pedestrian on pedestrian crossing - whether 12-month sentence manifestly excessive - whether trial judge made an error of double counting – court confirmed R v Doole [2010] NICA 11 remains the leading sentencing guideline case in relation to death by careless driving - appeal dismissed.
Application for leave to appeal sentence – cultivation of cannabis – abstracting electricity – assisting unlawful immigration – perverting the course of justice – three cannabis factories – strategic control of substantial, sophisticated and highly profitable enterprise – whether sentence for cannabis factory counts too high – whether three year consecutive sentence on top of already stiff sentence manifestly excessive – totality – deterrent sentence of 12 years appropriate – proper global sentence 13 years – sentence perverting the course of justice reduced to 1 year consecutive to other counts – total custodial sentence 13 years - leave granted - appeal allowed.
[2022]NICA 78 Fowler J , Horner LJ , Keegan LCJ