[2007] EWCA Crim 1166

In making an assessment of the offender's dangerousness under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.229, the court could take into account any information about the offender, about any pattern of behaviour of which the offence formed part, and about the nature and circumstances of the offence. The information could take the form of material adverse to the offender which was not substantiated or proved by criminal convictions.

CA (Crim Div) (Sir Igor Judge (President), Gage LJ, Goldring J, Rafferty J, Swift J)

06/06/2007