[2008] EWCA Crim 2759

A sentence of imprisonment for public protection for arson was quashed because the judge had not had sufficient information about the offender's previous convictions to find that there was a significant risk of serious harm to the public, nor were there sufficiently significant similarities between the arson and previous specified offences to make such a finding.

CA (Crim Div) (Moore-Bick LJ, Beatson J, Judge Jacobs)

13/11/2008