[2009] EWCA Crim 840

A sentence of imprisonment for public protection imposed when the judge was satisfied that the defendant posed a significant risk of serious harm to the public was wholly compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.3 and art.5 . It was wrong to attempt to re-define "significant risk" in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.225(1)(b) in terms of numerical probability.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, King J, Judge Barker QC)

14/05/2009