Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 194 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2011] Lexis Citation 42
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Mitting J

Judgment Dates: 20 May 2011

Catchwords

Sentence - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Applicant young offender being convicted of murder - Minimum sentence being subject to mid-term review - Whether minimum term to be varied.

The Case

Sentence Mandatory life sentence. The Administrative Court held that, in the circumstances, there had been nothing to justify a reduction in the minimum term imposed by the trial judge on the offender's conviction for murder.

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