Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 261 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWHC 29 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Forbes J

Judgment Dates: 26 January 2007

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term - Reference to High Court for it to set minimum term - , Sch 22, para 6.

The Case

Where the offender had been convicted of murder in circumstances where he shot the deceased, who was a stranger to him, during an altercation at a public house, the appropriate minimum term to be served before he could be considered for early release was 18 years' imprisonment.

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