The case: the respondent was a person with a long history of mental health issues. He had pleaded guilty to a number of offences: arson, assault causing harm, theft, assault, using or engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and being intoxicated in a public place. The Director of Public Prosecutions sought a review of the sentences on the grounds that some of these were unduly lenient. 

To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. 

Already a member? Login