Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 06 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2008] EWHC 109 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Silber J

Judgment Dates: 1 February 2008

Catchwords

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

The Case

In the instant case, where the offender, had been convicted of murder in circumstances where he had stabbed his elderly friend and landlord to death in a ferocious attack, minimum term to be served before he could be considered for early release was 13 years' imprisonment, less the 10 months and 13 days he had spent in custody whilst on remand.

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