| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2007] All ER (D) 256 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2007] EWHC 1068 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Beatson J |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 May 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
Sentence Mandatory life sentence. The High Court set a minimum term of 12 years to be served by an offender who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, where the offender had concealed the death; dismembered the body, moved it and disposed of it; and had told protracted lies, only admitting the offence after the retesting of DNA evidence four years after the death.
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