R v LSB (2010)

The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.86 applied to the totality of a sentence even where part of the overall sentence imposed was in respect of sexual offences committed after September 30, 1998.

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R v GREIG STRACHAN (2007)

An order under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.86 extending the licence period of a sentence until the end of the full length of the custodial term should not have been made where the psychiatric evidence was that the offender, who had been convicted several years after he committed the offence, was […]

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R V BR (SENTENCING: EXTENDED LICENCES) (2003)

An order for an extended licence under s.86 Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 was preventive not punitive, and the addition of such an order to a sentence of imprisonment for an offence committed before 1 October 1991 did not violate Art.7 European Convention on Human Rights.

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