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Northern Irish Court of Appeal reduces the minimum tariff imposed for murder from 13 years to 12 years holding that a guilty plea entered on the morning of hearing was not properly taken into account by the trial judge in coming to his decision.
Appeal of sentence – minimum tariff fixed at thirteen years imprisonment for murder – whether correct starting point was applied – applicant pleaded guilty to murder – Practice Statement issued in 2002 in England and Wales – approach to be adopted in fixing the minimum term to be served by a defendant convicted of murder – reduction of minimum term of imprisonment to twelve years – credit given for the applicant's admissions and his plea was not as great as it should have been.
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