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5 decisions turning on personal mitigation.
The appellant, Ashley Burt, then aged 40, had an extensive criminal record: 49 convictions for 95 offences committed over the 20 years between March 1999 and February 2019, including 7 offences against the person, 24 offences…
The applicant, referred to as "YGW" pursuant to an anonymity order made because he, his co-defendants and both victims were under 18, was 15 years and 5 months old at the time of two robberies committed in Birmingham on 7 January…
The applicant, Leighton Ashby, and his co-defendant Oakley Hollands were students at Plumpton Agricultural College, both from agricultural backgrounds. On the night of 2 and 3 November 2023, after drinking alcohol, Mr Hollands…
The appellant, a man now in his 60s who is profoundly deaf, communicates only through British Sign Language and is unable to read, was convicted at Lewes Crown Court on 28 November 2025 of a single count of rape committed against…
The applicant, Tyrone Henn, was tried in the Crown Court at Warwick before His Honour Judge Andrew Lockhart KC and a jury on a 43 count indictment brought against him and four co-defendants, which included counts of theft…