Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 166 (Sep)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWHC 2183 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Silber J

Judgment Dates: 27 September 2007

Catchwords

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

The Case

Sentence Mandatory life sentence. Where an offender had murdered his girlfriend by stabbing her a total of 14 times, for which he had no explanation, but pleaded guilty to, a minimum term of eight years was set, less five months and 29 days for time that the offender had spent in custody on remand.

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