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R v (1) DARREN FRYER (2) JOHN NICHOL (3) ROBERT LAWRIE (2002)

PUBLISHED March 19, 2002
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[2002] EWCA Crim 825

Sentences of three-and-a-half and four years' imprisonment were upheld in relation to prison officers' assaults against a prisoner. Prisoners were entitled to the protection of the law from assaults on them and society was entitled to the proper discharge of a prison officer's responsibilities.

CA (Crim Div) (Auld LJ, Newman J, Roderick Evans J)

19/03/2002

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