[2009] EWCA Crim 1489

A minimum term of 22 years' imprisonment for an offence of murder was manifestly excessive where a judge had added seven years to the statutory starting point of 15 years to reflect the fact that the offender had concealed his victim's body for five days following an unpremeditated attack. A specified minimum term of 17 years was substituted for the original term.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene LJ, Holman J, Recorder of Nottingham)

09/07/2009