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R v BENJAMIN ALAN COOPER (2010)

PUBLISHED September 20, 2010
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[2010] EWCA Crim 2335

A sentencing judge had not been wrong in principle in concluding that an offender convicted of attempted murder and manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility still bore a significant responsibility for the offences. Public safety justified imposing a hybrid order under the Mental Health Act 1983 s.45A comprising imprisonment and a hospital restriction order.

CA (Crim Div) (Leveson LJ, Davis J, Lloyd Jones J)

20/09/2010

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