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R v Mark Gordon Simmonds

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Mark Gordon Simmonds
   
Issue: Whether life imprisonment was proper for an offence of arson committed by a defendant suffering from psychopathic disorder who did not meet the criteria for a disposal under the Mental Health Act 1983
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2000/5535/W2
   
Neutral Citation:   [2001] EWCA Crim 167
   
Judge(s): Pill LJ, Penry-Davey J, HHJ Mettyear
   
Date: 2 February 2001