When sentencing for manslaughter, the judge had been right to make findings of dangerousness for the purposes of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and sentence the offenders to imprisonment for public protection. It would be rare for the Court of Appeal to receive new psychological assessments that were not before the trial judge when considering an issue under the dangerousness provisions

CA (Crim Div) (Thomas LJ, King J, Judge Wide QC) 18/4/2011
[2011] EWCA Crim 1021