Re Allen (Application under para 3 of Sch 22 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003)

Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2005] All ER (D) 370 (Mar)
Court:	Queen's Bench Division
Judge:	Leveson J
Judgment Dates:	22 March 2005

Catchwords

Sentencing - Murder - Mandatory life sentence - Minimum term - Application to determine minimum term - , Sch 22, para 3.

The Case

In the circumstances of the case, where the offender and co-accused murdered the co-accused's father pursuant to the co-accused's plan to kill his father so as to inherit part of his estate, the appropriate minimum period which the offender had to serve before the early release provisions were to apply to him was 14 years.

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