Once the court had assessed that a longer than commensurate sentence was appropriate to protect the public under s.2(2)(b) Criminal Justice Act 1991, a further period of imprisonment imposed at the same time consecutively was not justified. However, the principles in R v Walters (1997) 2 Cr App(S) 87 did not apply if on the facts of the offence the long sentence was correct without recourse to s.2(2)(b) of the 1991 Act.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Potts J, Curtis J)

17/02/2000