The court considered the difficulties arising in trying under section 240 to calculate the credit to be given for time spent in custody awaiting trial, and put forward a suggested formulation.
Thomas LJ, Penry-Davey J, Radford HHJ
[2009] EWCA Crim 468, [2009] 2 Cr App R (S) 107, [2009] Crim LR 541
Bailii
Criminal Justice Act 2003 240
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Leacock and Others, Regina v CACD 12-Nov-2013
leacock_rCACD1113
The defendants sought leave to appeal against their sentences, saying that the time served calculations had not included time spent subject to curfew and otherwise.
Held: ‘if a prisoner is serving a sentence for another offence at the time on . .
Cited – Thorsby and Others v Regina CACD 20-Jan-2015
These several applications raised a single ground of appeal namely that the sentencing court failed to give credit under section 240A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, as amended, for one half of the time spent by the offender on qualifying curfew . .
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Updated: 03 August 2021; Ref: scu.321832