| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2005] All ER (D) 372 (Mar) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Hooper LJ, Dobbs J and Judge Zucker QC |
| Representation | Nigel Lambert QC and Carolina Guiloff (assigned by the Registrar for Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 22 March 2005 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Murder - Mandatory life sentence - Appropriate minimum starting point.
The Case
In the circumstances of the instant case, the judge had erred in reaching a minimum starting point of 14years for a minimum term of a life sentence for murder. The appropriate starting point was that of 12years, and that would be reduced further to allow for mitigation and time spent on remand.
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