The prosecutor appealed a decision of a Youth Court to try an allegation of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Held: There was a clear policy that youths under 18 shuld be tried in youth courts. New divisions of cases were to be implemented but the consolidating legislation has not been brought into effect. The Lang guidelines are relevant. There was a need for rigorous examination of a suggestion that a case should be remitted to the Crown Court. Where the case itself was not sufficiently serious to justify remission, any suggestion of dangerousness should be considered only after conviction.
Rose LJ, Crane, Openshaw JJ
Times 28-Dec-2005
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 51A(3)(d)
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Lang and Others, Regina v CACD 3-Nov-2005
In each case the defendant had commited violent or sexual offences and were caught by the new mandatory sentencing provisions, and been made subject to life imprisonment, or detention for public protection, or an extended sentence.
Held: The . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 21 December 2021; Ref: scu.237551