This was a renewed application for leave to appeal against sentence. The applicant pleaded guilty to 2 offences of arson and 3 offences of driving whilst disqualified. His total sentence was 3 years and 8 months’ imprisonment. The offences of arson related to 2 small commercial premises, fires were started…
The appellant pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson and was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment with hospital and limitation directions given under s45A of the Mental Health Act 1983. In his grounds he argued that a reference to s45A was not appropriate or justified and the appropriate…
The appellant was sentenced in 2007 to an IPP with a minimum term of 2 years and 82 days for arson, there were also other periods of detention for less serious offending. He was 17 years old when the arson was committed but 18 at the time of conviction, he…