Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 46 (Aug)
Neutral Citation: [2008] EWHC 1856 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Gross J
Judgment Dates: 28 July 2008

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term - Application for review - Whether minimum term to be varied - .

The Case

Sentence Mandatory life sentence. Where the offender had been found guilty of a murder which the trial judge had described as having been 'about as vile a case as one is likely to encounter', a minimum term of 20 years, less the period of 17 months for time spent in custody on remand, was set on a review under to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

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