R v William Brady
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Girvan LJ |
| Judgment Date | 25 May 2011 |
| Neutral Citation | [2011] NICA 4 |
| Date | 25 May 2011 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
| Year | 2011 |
Neutral Citation No. [2011] NICA 4
Ref:
GIR8098
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
Delivered:
25/02/11
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN HER MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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CRIMINAL APPEAL (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1980
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REGINA
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WILLIAM BRADY
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Before: Higgins LJ, Girvan LJ and Coghlin LJ
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GIRVAN LJ
Introduction
[1] The appellant was granted leave to appeal against sentence by the
single judge on 5 January 2011. He appeals against the fine element of the
sentence imposed on him in respect of four offences under the Social
Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. He was convicted of
two offences of failure to declare a change of circumstances and two
offences of making a false declaration with a view to obtaining income
support and housing benefit. These are particularised in para [2] below.
He was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for two years
on each count and fined £12,000 on count 1 with twelve months
imprisonment in default. The appellant contends that the combination of
both a suspended sentence and the fine resulted in a sentence which was
excessive and wrong in principle.
The factual background
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R v Stephen Coleman
...criminality on a commercial basis, and profits or losses on these scales would reflect significant criminal conduct. [32] In R –v- Brady [2011] NICA 4 (a social security benefit fraud case) guidance of such a specific nature was not given, although reference was made at [14] to a number of ......
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R v Coleman
...criminality on a commercial basis, and profits or losses on these scales would reflect significant criminal conduct. [32] In R –v- Brady [2011] NICA 4 (a social security benefit fraud case) guidance of such a specific nature was not given, although reference was made at [14] to a number of ......