Even though serving time as a sentenced prisoner, a suspect awaiting trial was entitled to the protection of the custody time limits, and the judge had no power to refer to any common law to suspend the running of those limits. The judge could not refuse to adjudicate on the prosecutions application to extend the custody time limits.
Citations:
Times 07-Dec-1999, Gazette 07-Jan-2000
Statutes:
Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 (1987 No 299)
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85444