Judge Declines Minimum Tariff - Sentence Upheld
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Criminal Sentencing
Regina -v- Jan [2006] EWCA Crim 2314
CACD
12 October 2006
After his conviction for causing a public nuisance, and for
arson, the defendant was sentenced to life inprisonment. The
judge applied the section to decline to set a minimum tariff. He
had set out on a large scale harassment campaign against former
social workers and others, including setting fire to cars, and
direct assaults. Held: The appeal against conviction was
dismissed. Similar fact evidence had been correctly allowed.
Whilst the judge might better have given the standard direction,
but the defect was negligible. The evidence was overwhelming.
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 82A
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