[2009] EWCA Crim 904

When setting the minimum term for murder, the court was entitled to have regard to the defendant's antecedent behaviour, not all of which would necessarily be evidenced by previous convictions. In the instant case, the judge had been entitled to regard as an aggravating feature the defendant's history of domestic violence towards his deceased partner.

CA (Crim Div) (Leveson LJ, Openshaw J, Judge Gilbert QC)

01/05/2009