[2012] EWCA Crim 1275

Minimum terms of 21 years following a trial and 17-and-a-half years following a guilty plea, imposed on two offenders for the murder of a disabled man which involved punching, kicking, stamping and stripping the victim and removal of his prosthetic leg but did not amount to sadistic behaviour under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch.21 para.5(2)(e), were not manifestly excessive.

CA (Crim Div) (Elias LJ, Globe J, Judge Goldstone QC (Recorder of Liverpool) )

31/05/2012