The defendant had been convicted of murder. On appeal a conviction of manslaughter had been substituted, and a new sentence substituted. The parole board had come to consider his early release.
Held: The remarks of the judge at the trial should now be given less weight than those of the later sentencing exercise. In this case the board had incorrectly declined to admit the record of the later hearing,but had themselves later cnfirmed that having now read it, it would not have made a difference to their decision against early release.
Judges:
Maurice Kay, J
Citations:
Times 15-May-2003
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Prisons, Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 29 March 2022; Ref: scu.182417