2025-02-10
Violent robber with 151 priors stamped on doctor's head
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The judge noted the maximum penalty for the offence was life imprisonment and set a headline sentence of six years, which she reduced to four and a half years with the final six months suspended. She said there was "a real risk" Howard will fall back into offending if he did not have a structured sentence before suspending the final six months for a period of two years.