[2012] EWCA Crim 2822

In imposing minimum terms for murder on four offenders a sentencing judge had erred to the extent that he had undervalued an absence of any intent to kill, and had thus not entirely eliminated an element of double counting for the aggravating features of a victim's vulnerability and the sustained torture he had suffered.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, Ramsey J, Irwin J)

21/12/2012