[2013] EWCA Crim 955

A judge had not erred in finding that a young offender presented a significant risk of serious harm to the public when imposing a sentence of detention for public protection for arson. The presumption of dangerousness under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Pt 12 s.229 applied in view of the offender's previous conviction, but the pre-sentence report and the background information justified a finding of dangerousness, even without the application of the presumption.

CA (Crim Div) (Rafferty LJ, Underhill J, Sir Robert Nelson)

28/02/2013