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…
Sidhu was convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment, Kemp-Francis was similarly convicted and sentenced. Andrew was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The three defendants attended a boxing match in the course of which rival supporters became…
The applicant pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment which he has served. 37 years later he sought leave to appeal out of time against conviction. He was initially charged with murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter part way through the trial. He had made admissions…
The appellant was charged with the murder of his mother but in light of the psychiatric evidence a plea to manslaughter was accepted. He was sentenced on the day that the manslaughter sentencing guidelines came into effect and the judge expressly applied the guideline. The judge’s assessment that his culpability…
Singh-Shergil was convicted after trial of murder, Soba was convicted of manslaughter and assisting an offender. Singh-Shergil was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 26 years and 9 months, Soba to 16 years’ imprisonment for manslaughter and 5 years concurrent for assisting an offender. Singh-Shergil sought permission to…
The appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for manslaughter and two years concurrent for possession of an offensive weapon. A few minutes after a boy had been stabbed, in retaliation, the appellant struck a man to the back of the head with a baseball bat….
The defendant was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment, the sentence which is the subject of the Reference. An argument began between the defendant and the deceased while sharing heroin at a friend’s flat. The defendant picked up a large knife…
The appellant was acquitted of murder and convicted of manslaughter by loss of control, he was sentenced to an extended sentence of 17 years, comprising a custodial term of 12 years and an extended licence period of 5 years. He appealed against sentence on the ground that the finding of…
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