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R V PAUL E (1999)

PUBLISHED November 23, 1999
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A sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a 14-year-old boy for a number of arson-related offences committed on one night was wrong in principle and manifestly excessive. It would accordingly be substituted with a sentence of three years' imprisonment.

CA (Crim Div) (Waller LJ, Johnson J, Latham J)

23/11/1999

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