Guernsey Judgment 35/2008 - S J McCarthy v The Law Officers of the Crown

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Theft by bank employee - appeal against sentence - approach to sentencing where the offender was in a position of trust - suggested sentencing bands based on the amount stolen - disparity argument from unrelated cases appropriate only in the most exceptional circumstances - held that in the present case the sentence was manifestly excessive - sentence reduced from 15 months to 9 months imprisonment, concurrent, on each of the three counts.