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R v Simon James Finch (Solicitor General’s Reference)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Simon James Finch (Solicitor General’s Reference)
   
Issue: Whether 4½ years’ imprisonment for breaching the Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1989 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 was unduly lenient; the impact of a diagnosis of autism/Asperger’s which helped to explain the defendant’s sense of grievance but not his conduct.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2020/03069/A4
   
Neutral Citation:   [2021] EWCA Crim 377
   
Judge(s): Fulford LJ VP, McGowan and Bourne JJ
   
Date: 44273