[2007] EWHC 860 (QB)

Although a sentencing judge had concluded that a term of 13 years' imprisonment for murder was appropriate in the light of the offender's mitigating factors, a minimum term of 12 years was set pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.276 and sch.22 para 3(1) of the Act, as the court could not fix a term longer than that notified by the Home Secretary.

QBD (Field J)

10/05/2007