R v Karen Descombre and Another

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr Justice Globe
Judgment Date14 January 2013
Neutral Citation[2013] EWCA Crim 72
Docket NumberNo: 2012/6258/A6 & 2012/6259/A6
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date14 January 2013

To continue reading

Request your trial
3 cases
  • R v Robert Freer
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 February 2014
    ...which is the next level up from those who are at the lowest level, ie that labelled 'significant role'. …" 12 The court in R v Descombre and Thomas [2013] 2 Cr App R(S) 51, also considered the question of what constitutes a "leading" or "significant" role in the cultivation of cannabis. In ......
  • R v Nicholas Stansfield
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 23 October 2015
    ...anybody else was involved in it at a level above him. Applying the approach of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in the case of R v Descombre & Thomas [2013] EWCA Crim 72, the judge was plainly entitled to say in these circumstances that this appellant had a leading role in this opera......
  • R v Mahdi Ali Kader and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 24 July 2014
    ...characteristics identified may not be capable of direct application to the particular circumstances of the offence. For example, in R v Descombre and Thomas [2013] EWCA Crim 72, the second appellant was the installer, manager and operator of a cannabis nursery that he had created in the out......

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT