Principles of sentencing - Mandatory life sentence - Murder - Minimum term

R v Gill; R v Eccles; R v Abu-Neigh: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mr Justice Henriques and Mr Justice Irwin): 1 December 2011

Paragraph 3 of schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, so far as material, provides: ?(1) On the application of the existing prisoner, the High Court must, in relation to the mandatory life sentence, either: (a) order that the early release provisions are to apply to him as soon as he has served the part of the sentence which is specified in the order, which in a case falling within paragraph 2(a) must not be greater than the notified minimum term; or (b) in a case falling within paragraph 2(b), order that the early release provisions are not to apply to the offender.

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