Practice and Procedure

R v (1) ZAKIR REHMAN (2) GARY DOMINIC WOOD (2005)

PUBLISHED October 4, 2005
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The Firearms Act 1968 s.51A(2) provided for a five-year minimum sentence for certain firearms offences, which was mandatory unless the circumstances were exceptional; the circumstances would be exceptional if the imposition of a five-year custodial term would be arbitrary and disproportionate.

[2005] EWCA Crim 2056

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