The defendant had been convicted of a gruesome murder and a minimum sentence of thirty years applied. He appealed, saying that the minimum term was above the tariff.
Held: Features of cannibalism took the case into the most serious categories of murder. The element was not expressly recognised in the schedule to the 2003 Act, but lists of behaviour could not cover all possibilities. The appeal failed.
Judges:
Lord Judge LCJ, Collins J, Owen J
Citations:
[2009] EWCA Crim 1302, Times 06-Jul-2009
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 11 August 2022; Ref: scu.371869
