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R V RONALD DOUGLAS WILLISON SUB NOM R V W (2000)

PUBLISHED October 10, 2000
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Where a sentence would not lead to the offender's release from prison until he was well over the age of 80, "age" was to be regarded a mitigating factor. Accordingly, the appeal against sentence was allowed and the sentence reduced from 12 years' imprisonment to eight years' imprisonment.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Astill J, Richards J)

10/10/2000

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