Anna Renou Secures Successful Sentence Appeal at the Court of Appeal

Anna Renou has successfully appealed a four-year sentence for Class A drug supply, securing a reduction to 32 months and her client’s immediate release from custody.

The appeal challenged the sentencing judge’s decision to increase the sentence from the guideline starting point to a term close to the top of the applicable range, the weight given to the appellant’s previous convictions, and the allowance made for personal mitigation. The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal on all three grounds.

Anna argued that insufficient account had been taken of her client’s limited cognitive functioning. She submitted that this should have been properly reflected in the sentencing exercise and that the sentence should have been set much closer to the starting point indicated by the sentencing guidelines.

The Court of Appeal quashed the original sentence and substituted a term of 32 months’ imprisonment.

Anna was instructed by Sian Eglinton of Dalton Holmes Gray.