R v Alexander (Silvanna)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Morgan LCJ |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] NICA 25 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 28 April 2017 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2017] NICA 25
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: MOR10293
Delivered: 28/4/2017
IN HER MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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THE QUEEN
-v-
SILVANNA ALEXANDER
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Before: Morgan LCJ, Deeny J and Maguire J
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MORGAN LCJ (giving the judgment of the court)
[1] This is an appeal against a determinate custodial sentence of 2 years
comprising 12 months in custody and 12 month on licence for a total of 11 counts of
breaching an Anti-social Behaviour Order (“ASBO”) by making nuisance telephone
calls to the emergency services. Mr Coiley appeared for the appellant and Ms Auret
for the PPS. We are grateful to both counsel for their helpful submissions.
Background
[2] The appellant has 53 previous convictions many of them alcohol-related,
including 6 convictions for assault on police. In October 2011 she was sentenced for
three counts of improper use of the electronic communications network causing
anxiety, one count of improper use of the public electronic communications network
and one count of wasting police time by making a false report concerning a person’s
safety. On each count she was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment suspended for
18 months. This was the beginning of a pattern in which the appellant made
emergency calls to police and ambulance services while intoxicated when there was
no emergency. These offences were committed on various dates in 2010.
[3] In July 2012 the applicant was given a suspended sentence of 5 months
imprisonment suspended for 2 years for the offences of threats to damage property
and to endanger life and improper use of a public communications network in
February 2012. In September 2015 the applicant was sentenced to 5 months
imprisonment suspended for 2 years on each of five counts of improper use of a
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