Eamonn Patrick Byrne

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,MR JUSTICE OGNALL
Judgment Date17 June 1996
Judgment citation (vLex)[1996] EWCA Crim J0617-9
Docket NumberNo. 95/6237/Z5
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date17 June 1996

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4 cases
  • Du Plooy v HM Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 3 October 2003
    ...to: Advocate (HM) v ForrestUNK 1998 SCCR 153 BillamWLRUNK [1986] 1 WLR 349; [1986] 1 All ER 985; (1986) 8 Cr App R (S) 48 Byrne (1997) 1 Cr App R (S) 165 Cameron v RUNK (2002) 187 ALR 65 Cleishman v Carnegie 1999 GWD 36-1764 CostenUNK (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 182; [1989] Crim LR 601 Docherty ......
  • Devonne Du Plooy+francis Alderdice+william Crooks+david O'neil V. Her Majesty's Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 3 October 2003
    ...is the benefit of the plea to the administration of justice. Thus, in delivering the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Byrne [1997] 1 Cr. App. R. (S) 165, Ognall J. at page 166 pointed out that by pleading guilty an accused saved a considerable amount of public time and expense. To this ma......
  • Public Prosecutor v Gui Lee Suan
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 24 August 2016
    ...I did not see how a sentencing discount could be afforded in her favour given her substantial period of abscondence: see Byrne (1997) 1 Cr App r (S) 1655. Notably, the accused was subsequently arrested only on 13 May 2015 after a family member had called the police as a result of a domestic......
  • Public Prosecutor v Leong Soon Kheong
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 29 June 2009
    ...victim at the earliest opportunity is another factor that the courts should look favourably upon. 48 In R v Eamonn Patrick Byrne (1997) 1 Cr App R (S) 165 at p 167, Ognall J astutely pointed out that an offender who absconded and remained at large was not entitled to expect a discount for h......

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