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June 1997
R v Muzuzi (Confirmation Case 1607 of 1998) [1997] MWHC 14 (25 June 1997)
Review court increased the theft sentence to the appropriate guideline and reduced an excessive six-year burglary sentence to four years.
  • Sentencing
    • — Burglary: six-year starting point; mitigation (guilty plea, youth, first offender) reduces toward three years; concerted criminality increases sentence
    • — Theft of bicycle: six months inadequate; aggravated theft guideline appropriate at eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour
25 June 1997