Dixon, Hainsley
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Hainsley Dixon was convicted in November 2010 at Birmingham Crown Court of unlawful possession of a firearm. She was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment
Ms Dixon sought leave to appeal against her sentence in December 2010, but the Court dismissed the application. She applied to the CCRC in August 2011.
Following review, the CCRC concluded that there was a real possibility the Court of Appeal would find that the imposition of the mandatory term was arbitrary and disproportionate within the meaning attributed to that phrase in the cases of R v Rehman and Wood [2006] 1 CR App R (S) 77 and R v Boateng [2011] EWCA Crim 861.
The CCRC referred the sentence in October 2012.
The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence in February 2013.