[2010] EWCA Crim 1076

A minimum term of six years' imprisonment, following a sentence of imprisonment for public protection, imposed on an offender convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of provocation, was excessive. The provocation had been substantial and the appropriate minimum term was one of four years six months.

CA (Crim Div) (Stanley Burnton LJ, Maddison J, Sir Christopher Holland)

18/05/2010