R v Patrick McColgan
Indecent assault - AOABH - false imprisonment - Criminal Justice (NI) Order 1996 Art.20 (2)(b) - protective sentences for violent or sexual offence.
[2006] NICA 41 Kerr LCJSearch decision and choose filters to show only the results you want
Indecent assault - AOABH - false imprisonment - Criminal Justice (NI) Order 1996 Art.20 (2)(b) - protective sentences for violent or sexual offence.
[2006] NICA 41 Kerr LCJ
Indecent assault - AOABH - false imprisonment - Criminal Justice (NI) Order 1996 Art.20 (2)(b) - protective sentences for violent or sexual offence.
[2006] NICA 41 Kerr LCJ
Rape, assault and burglary
[2006] NICA 36 Kerr LCJ
Murder - victim 83 year old widow - burglary - beaten and stabbed - house deliberately set on fire - higher starting point reduced - prisoner's youth (16) at time of offence - previous convictions for burglary - co-accused admitted stabbing victim - tariff fixed at 14 years.
[2006] NILST 2 Kerr LCJ
Tariff - higher starting point - domestic violence.
[2006] NICA 29 Kerr LCJ
Death resulting from single unprovoked blow. Need for deterrent sentences. Starting point should be higher in NI than in England. Starting point of 2 years, rising to 6 depending on aggravating circumstances.
[2006] NICA 27 Kerr LCJ
Murder - 5 year old girl victim - manual strangulation - concealed body - probable sex assault - joined in search for child - admitted indecent assault at interview - conflicting versions of what happened - two previous convictions for indecent assault - psychiatric history - severe untreatable psychopathic personality - highly dangerous - pleaded guilty - higher starting point - lack of rermorse - tariff fixed at 25 years.
[2006] NILST 1 Kerr LCJ
Manslaughter - GBH with intent - drunkenness and mitigation.
[2006] NICA 8 Shiel LJ
Rape, Buggery, Totality
[2006] NICA 7 Kerr LCJ
Guilty pleas - need to plead at earliest opportunity.
[2006] NICA 4 Kerr LCJ
Guilty pleas - need to plead at earliest opportunity.
[2006] NICA 4 Kerr LCJ