A WISBECH FATHER-OF-FOUR HAD HIS JAIL SENTENCE S

A WISBECH FATHER-OF-FOUR HAD HIS JAIL SENTENCE SLASHED BY
THE CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT ON TUESDAY.

REDUCING 37 YEAR OLD PATRICK BENJAMIN LEE’S 30 MONTHS JAIL
SENTENCE TO 12 MONTHS FOR POSSESSSION OF A SAWN-OFF SHOTGUN.

MR JUSTICE CAULFIELD SAID: ‘HE IS A VERY GOOD FATHER AND HE

HAS LOOKED AFTER HIS CHILDREN SUCCESSFULLY.

‘HE LOOKED AFTER THE CHILDREN HIMSELF, BUT SINCE THE DEPARTURE

OF THEIR FATHER TO PRISON THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN THEIR
ACHIEVEMENT.

‘
LEE, THE COURT HEARD, WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL WHEN OFFICERS

DISCOVERED THE SAWN-OFF SHOTGUN IN A SPECIALLY-MADE BAG BEHIND THE

FREEZER AT HIS HOME IN YORK ROAD, WHILE POLICE WERE MAKING

ENQUIRIES.

‘HIS EXPLANATION WAS HE HOPED TO USE IT AS AN ORNAMENT,’
SAID MR JUSTICE CAULFIELD.

REFERRING TO THE CHILDREN THE JUDGE ADDED: ‘ONE HAS WON A
PLACE TO WISBECH COLLEGE, AND A SON TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

‘
HE ADDED THAT THE SENTENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED ANYWAY
‘WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ABOUT HIS ABILITY AS A FATHER,’
LEE WAS SENTENCED BY WISBECH CROWN COURT LAST JULY.

ENDS