Prisoner Succeeds in Licence Claim

Prisoner Under More Lenient Law Not Subject to
Later Stricter Law
R (Stellato) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1639
CA
1 December 2006
Daily Law Notes Summary
A long-term prisoner sentenced for an offence committed before 30
September 1998, who had been released on licence but recalled to
prison after 4 April 2005, when the Criminal Justice Act 2003
came into force, continued to be entitled to unconditional
release after he had served three quarters of his sentence, under
s 33(3) in Pt 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

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