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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Brian Farmer

Appeal judges increase ‘lenient’ jail sentences given to passport conspirators

Two men involved in the supply of falsified passports to fugitive criminals were given unduly lenient jail sentences, appeal judges have concluded.

Anthony Beard, 61, of Sydenham, south east London, was given a jail term of six years and eight months by Judge Nicholas Ainley at a hearing at Reading Crown Court in May.

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