[2009] EWCA Crim 164

A sentence of detention for public protection imposed following a plea of guilty to robbery was upheld, as even though the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 made the duration of that sentence unlawful just weeks after the offender had been sentenced, the law at the time he was sentenced had to be followed and his sentence was imposed correctly.

CA (Crim Div) (Moses LJ, Dobbs J DBE, Griffith Williams J)

23/01/2009