Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 34 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 2801 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Irwin J
Judgment Dates: 18 November 2009

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term - Application to High Court for review of offender's minimum term - Appropriate minimum term -  22, para 3.

The Case

Sentence Mandatory life sentence. On an application pursuant to to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the Queen's Bench Division set a minimum term of 20 years less the time spent in custody on remand, for an offender who had shot the deceased through the head at close range, in a planned execution against a background of dealing in illegal drugs.

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