R v Evans

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date18 May 1995
Date18 May 1995
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Court of Appeal

Before Lord Justice Evans, Mr Justice Garland and Mr Justice Connell

Regina
and
Evans

Criminal sentencing - disguising and selling stolen cars

Sentencing for disguising and selling stolen cars

In cases of dishonesty involving the "ringing" of motor cars, a ringleader who pleaded not guilty might expect a prison sentence of four to five years on conviction.

The Court of Appeal so held when allowing the appeal of Brandon Roy Evans against concurrent prison sentences of three years on each of two counts of theft and one count of obtaining property by deception, and of six months and 30 months on each of two counts of handling stolen goods, imposed on January 4, 1995 at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court (Mr Recorder Lovell-Pank, QC) following his pleas of guilty on December 5, 1994.

Mr Jeremy Lynn, assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals, for the appellant.

MR JUSTICE CONNELL, giving the judgment of the court, said that the appellant had by his pleas acknowledged his involvement in the ringing of motor cars by their theft, handling, disguising, and subsequent disposal.

The question was what was the appropriate sentence for somebody in the appellant's situation who pleaded guilty to a sophisticated criminal exercise involving the type of offences described.

There was little to assist the court in previous authority...

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