By Charlotte Webster-
The Court of Appeal have jailed a drug dealer following a referral from The Court Of Appeal for the previously weak sentence to be reviewed.
The suspended sentence originally given to drug dealer was disgracefully too low, in another case that questions the competence of some judges in delivering appropriate sentences. The new judge who reviewed the case sent by The Attorney General raised the sentence from the original sentence of a suspended two jail sentence to three years imprisonment.
The new sentence exposes the former one as being so lenient that it makes one wonder just how professional and competent some judges in the legal field are. The Attorney General’s office do not interfere or get involved with establishing disciplinary measures for judges because they are two separate entities of the government that do not overlap in that way. A concerning thing is how much we can trust some of our judges to deliver good judgements. Drug dealers should not be allowed to roam the streets and continue to make life a misery for addicts who on a self destructive path.
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Police were called to the flat of 30 year old Daniel Lewis after Aimee Spencer, 27, fell from his kitchen window, sustaining injuries which resulted in her death. Lewis was under the influence of drugs when police arrived. A search of the flat also revealed large quantities of drugs and drug-related paraphernalia.
Cops also found information which led them to a rented garage where Lewis was storing more drugs. The drugs found included high-purity cocaine and prescription medications.
Lewis was originally sentenced in November 2018 to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years at Lewes Crown Court. He was also ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, 15 days of rehabilitation activity requirements, and to be on curfew for 4 months. The Court of Appeal has today jailed Lewis for 3 years. The new sentence will make people wonder whether the judge in the first case delivered the correct sentence, or whether the intervention of the Solicitor General was too harsh and unfair.
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The jump in sentence from the original sentence is quite high, and furthers the question of what the correct level of sentencing should be. Jumping from the first sentence to the next raises the question as to whether a middle ground should have been determined for sentencing if the reasons for the first lenient sentencing was justified. The new sentence will appear to be a more accurate reflection of the law in which case the first judge was simply no good.
Commenting on the increase, the Solicitor General said:
“By selling large quantities of dangerous, high-purity drugs, Lewis was destroying the lives of others to support his own lavish lifestyle. I am pleased that the Court of Appeal has seen fit to bestow a custodial sentence on him today.”
The Court of Appeal may have seen fit to bestow a custodial sentence, but the issue of more judicial making has notr been addressed
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