[2007] EWCA Crim 3304

A sentence of detention for public protection with a specified minimum term of one year was not inappropriate in respect of an offence of wounding with intent where, although by the time of sentence the offender had stopped his drug use and was being treated for a previously untreated mental illness, he had a significant number of previous convictions for offences involving violence and danger to the public, and there was a significant risk of serious harm in the future.

CA (Crim Div) (Richards LJ, Openshaw J, Judge Stephens QC)

12/12/2007