Issue: |
The appropriate sentence for a defendant who admitted 2 counts of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered, who had been sentenced to orders under ss37/41 Mental Health Act 1983 without the court specifying the relevant hospital, who had served the equivalent of a custodial sentence of 4 years but who no longer met the criteria for s37 of the 1983 Act because of treatment and an improvement in his condition; the applicability of the “slip rule” to a failure to specify the relevant hospital. |