Abigail Penny Persuades Court of Appeal to Reduce EncroChat Sentence

Abigail Penny successfully argued before the Court of Appeal that the Sentencing Judge had erred in imposing a 13-year sentence in respect of convictions arising from firearms and drugs offences.

The Appellant was originally sentenced to a term of imprisonment in respect of a single instance of Class A drug supply.  After serving almost all of the custodial element of that sentence, the Crown charged him with conspiracy to transfer firearms and to supply of class A drugs basing their entire case upon EncroChat evidence. The Sentencing Judge found that the original offending was part of this wider conspiracy and decided that the sentence should be reduced to reflect the time already served in custody. 

The Court of Appeal was persuaded that the Sentencing Judge had miscalculated the level of the reduction to be applied, and the Appellant’s sentence was reduced from 13 years to 11 years and 10 months’ imprisonment.

Abigail Penny was instructed by Paul Robinson of Goldkorns Solicitors on a private basis. Neither had represented the Appellant in the original Crown Court proceedings.

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