R v Armaan Khan
[2024] EWCA Crim 809
R v Kemani Dunn
17 January 2024
[2024] EWCA Crim 51
Court of Appeal
A woman was given a 6-year sentence for having lots of drugs. The court decided that was too harsh because she hadn't been caught dealing drugs before and had problems with drugs herself. They lowered her sentence to 5 years.
Key Facts
- •Kemani Dunn (aged 42) convicted of three counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent and one count of possessing criminal property.
- •Found with crack cocaine (approx. 8 grams), cocaine (30.7 grams, 86% purity), heroin (approx. 8 grams), cannabis (9.27 grams), £1103 cash, and mobile phones.
- •Wholesale drug value: £1850-£2500; street value: £3765-£4365.
- •Prior convictions for possessing Class A and B drugs (2013, 2017).
- •Judge considered her role significant in category 3 street dealing (Sentencing Guidelines), with a starting point of 4.5 years.
- •Original sentence: 6 years imprisonment (concurrent for all counts).
Legal Principles
Sentencing Guidelines for category 3 street dealing.
Sentencing Guidelines
Outcomes
Appeal allowed in part.
The court found the original 6-year sentence manifestly excessive, considering the appellant's lack of prior convictions for drug supplying and her own drug addiction.