Can a Person Recalled to Prison under a Life Sentence Pose a Risk of Harm Justifying Imprisonment for Public Protection?

摘要

On 2 September 2008 in the Crown Court at Harrow the appellant, S, pleaded guilty to eight offences of robbery contrary to s. 8 of the Theft Act 1968 and eight linked offences of possession of a firearm contrary to s. 17 of the Firearms Act 1968. S had numerous previous convictions for robbery-related offences and had, in 2000, been sentenced to life imprisonment for robbery, the minimum term being set at four years. S was sentenced on 10 October 2008 to a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP). The judge specified that the minimum term to be served was six years.