[2009] EWCA Crim 2823

When a discretionary life sentence was passed following a guilty plea to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility, it was inappropriate to direct that no minimum term be specified on the basis that the defendant might never cease to be a danger to the public.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ (V-P), David Clarke J, Judge Morris QC)

22/10/2009