R v Bassaragh

Subject Matter

CRIME — Firearms — Possession of — Minimum sentence — Defendant storing loaded type 1 semi-automatic handgun for former boyfriend — Defendant pleading guilty to possession of prohibited firearm — Defendant sentenced to minimum sentence — Fresh evidence disclosing unknown pregnancy by time of sentence with complications for defendant and unborn baby — Whether exceptional circumstances relating to impact for particular offender of custody — Firearms Act 1968 (c 27), s 5(1)(aba)

[2024] EWCA Crim 20; [2024] WLR(D) 44, CA