CRIMINAL DIVISION
REFERENCE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER
S.36 OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988
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B e f o r e :
MRS JUSTICE ELISABETH LAING DBE
HER HONOUR JUDGE WENDY JOSEPH QC
(Sitting as a Judge of the CACD)
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ROWAN LOPEZ | ||
MARK LAWRENCE |
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Mr H Marshall appeared on behalf of the Offender Lopez
Mr M Sahu appeared on behalf of the Offender Lawrence
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"The letters of reference, in particular, have had the effect of reducing the sentence I at first had in mind in this case, and having decided that there is no proper distinction to be drawn in terms of culpability between you, Mr Lopez, and you, Mr Lawrence, you, Mr Lawrence, will also benefit from those letters in the sense that I consider it unfair to sentence you to a greater term than that I will sentence Mr Lopez."
"In addition, in Mr Lawrence's case, I will activate the suspended sentence order in full, but because of the circumstances which have led to the breach, and with an eye to totality, I will activate that sentence concurrently to the sentence of three years and nine months' imprisonment I am imposing on the trial indictment."
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