Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 147 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWHC 179 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Dobbs J

Judgment Dates: 9 February 2007

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term - Application for review of minimum term - , Sch 22, para 3.

The Case

Where the offender had received a mandatory life sentence for murder, after having stabbed his father in the back, the appropriate minimum term to be served was 11 years, less the 8 months and 19 days the offender had already served in custody on remand.

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