| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2008] All ER (D) 297 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2008] EWCA Crim 2500 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Lord Judge CJ, Thomas, Leveson LJJ, Owen and Christopher Clarke JJ |
| Representation | Timothy Barnes QC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for H. |
| Christopher Milligan (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for A. | |
| Greg Dickinson QC and Jonathan Straw(instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown | |
| Judgment Dates: | 29 October 2008 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Life imprisonment - Murder - Minimum term - Setting minimum term - Alleged disparity on grounds other than age between two defendants convicted of participation in same murder - Appropriate starting point - Guidance - Criminal Justice Act, s 269, Sch 21.
The Case
Sentence Life imprisonment. Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: The Court of Appeal gave guidance as to the determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentences in a case where disparity was raised on grounds other than age and , namely where one defendant's motive was financial gain and the other's motive was simply to 'get rid of' the deceased, a criterion not specified in Sch21 to the .
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