| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 441 (Nov) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Kennedy LJ, Hughes and Keith JJ |
| Representation | Paul Lambert (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Stephen Morgan (instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 30 November 2001 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Life imprisonment - Life imprisonment for second serious offence - Whether defendant representing significant danger to public - Whether imposition of automatic life sentence justified - s 2.
The Case
The court upheld a sentence of life imprisonment imposed under s2 of the for a second serious offence because it assessed the defendant as representing a significant risk to the public for the purposes of that provision.
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