[2001] EWHC Admin 860

The fact that a youth offender did not qualify for a detention and training order because he was not a persistent offender was not an exceptional circumstance that justified refusing jurisdiction in the youth court to enable the Crown Court to pass a sentence of less than two years under s.91 Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in the Crown Court.

QBD (Admin) (Gage J)

26/10/2001