A 23-YEAR-old Bradford woman, who was spared jail last month for her part in two robberies and one attempted robbery, is to have her sentence looked at by the Court of Appeal.

Sherie North, of Harden Grove, Ravenscliffe, was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years on December 18 at Bradford Crown Court.

Her sentence has been reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme which allows members of the public to ask the Attorney General's office to examine sentences within 28 days.

It is not known who applied under the scheme, but North's case has now been referred to the Court of Appeal. A similar request was also made regarding the sentence of her accomplice, boyfriend Scott Cross, who was jailed for nine years with a five-year extended licence.

Cross, 34, of Wharncliffe Crescent, Eccleshill, committed four robberies and an attempted robbery in the space of a week while on prison licence.

But after examination by the Attorney General’s Office, his case was not referred.

Cross robbed Richard Biller of a phone, a silver chain and £80 from the till at The Private Shop on Manningham Lane in the city, on September 26 and October 3.

He then robbed Liam Walsh of his mountain bike on October 2 and twice targeted North’s grandfather, John Horvath.

Cross and North pushed past Mr Horvath at his Incommunities flat on September 29. Cross brandished a hammer near his face, demanding money and jewellery, tipping up the pensioner’s bed and throwing him to the floor.

The pair fled in a taxi with jewellery and £160 in cash.

Cross and North returned to Mr Horvath’s flat on October 3. Cross pushed him over, hit him in the face and again tipped his bed over while he was on it. Mr Horvath pulled the emergency cord and the couple fled empty-handed.

Cross was labelled a danger to the public by the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC, after he admitted the spate of robberies.

North, who had a drug addiction, wept in the dock as she was spared jail for her part.

The Court of Appeal may decide that the sentence should stay the same, is unreasonably low and may increase it, or refuse to hear the case.