[2010] EWCA Crim 149

A minimum term of 28 years' imprisonment imposed on an offender following a guilty plea to murder was manifestly excessive where, despite the extreme level of violence used and the deliberate destruction of evidence, the judge had applied too high a starting point.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Penry-Davey J, Irwin J)

03/02/2010