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R v Moses Edward Belford

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Moses Edward Belford
   
Issue: The proper sentence for an unprovoked attack by a person with schizophrenia who had not been taking medication and was responding to a paranoid delusion at the time; whether time spent detained in hospital under s3 Mental Health Act 1983 should count towards the sentence; whether it was appropriate to suspend the sentence.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2000/4553/Y5
   
Judge(s): Roch LJ, Rougier and Gray JJ
   
Date: 17 October 2000