[2009] EWCA Crim 962

A whole life order imposed and maintained upon review for a conviction concerning the murder of five members of the offender's family was justified and breached neither the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.3, as it represented appropriate punishment for the extreme criminality, nor art.7 as the law against retrospectivity ensured that the sentence could not be increased or extended following review.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, David Clarke J, Wyn Williams J)

14/05/2009