R v Raymond Jackson
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Neutral Citation | [2021] NICA 15 |
| Date | 19 February 2021 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2021] NICA 15
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: TRE11429
ICOS No: 20/023148/A01
Delivered: 19/02/2021
IN HER MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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R
v
RAYMOND JACKSON
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Ian Turkington (instructed by RP Crawford Solicitors) for the Applicant
Jonathan Connolly (instructed by PPS) for the Respondent
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Before: Treacy LJ, McCloskey LJ and Maguire LJ
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TREACY LJ (delivering the judgment of the Court)
Introduction
[1] The applicant renews his application for an extension of time and for leave to
appeal his sentence following the order of the single judge, Mr Justice Colton,
refusing these applications.
[2] At arraignment on 25 June 2020 the applicant pleaded guilty to one count of
arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered. On 2 September the
trial judge, His Honour Judge Miller, imposed a four year determinate custodial
sentence comprised of 2 years custody and 2 years licence.
[3] In advance of the sentencing hearing the judge had detailed wr itten
submissions from the prosecution and defence, a report from Dr Bownes, Consultant
Psychiatrist, and a comprehensive pre-sentence report. There is also included in our
appeal bundle a report from Mr Joe Dwyer, Educational Psychologist, which was not
placed before the judge by his previous legal representatives. There is an agreed
factual background which also provides detail regarding the applicant’s previous
convictions for arson which we have reproduced at paras [4]-[25] below.
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