Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 52 (Aug)
Neutral Citation: [2008] EWHC 1770 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Lloyd Jones J
Judgment Dates: 31 July 2008

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term — Application for review — Whether minimum term to be varied — Criminal Justice Act 2003, Sch 22, para 3.

The Case

Sentence Mandatory life sentence. Where the offender had killed the victim following a savage, provoked and prolonged attack, which, further, had not been premeditated, a minimum term of 14 years, less the period of 9 months and 6 days for time that he had spent in custody on remand, was set on a review pursuant to to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

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