Fen Greatley-Hirsch’s Client Receives Reduced Sentence in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

R v A (2026)

Fen represented the Defendant, who was appealing in respect of a 30-month sentence imposed at Bradford Crown Court for an offence of intentional strangulation committed in a domestic context in the presence of children.

Having been granted leave to pursue his grounds by the Single Justice, Fen argued, amongst other things, that the lower court had failed to give proper consideration to and credit for his client’s powerful personal mitigation.

The panel of three Lord Justices agreed that the sentencing judge had fallen into error in this respect and as a result the sentence imposed by the lower court was manifestly excessive.

The Court of Appeal quashed the sentence of 30 months, substituting it with one of 21 months custody.