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R v “ABQ”

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v “ABQ”
   
Issue: Whether fresh psychiatric evidence supporting the making of orders under ss37/41 Mental Health Act 1983 in place of an extended sentence for serious sexual offending against children should be admitted; whether the appellant was dangerous; the appropriate length of a custodial sentence in light of, inter alia, mental disorder.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2021/01557/A3
   
Neutral Citation:   [2024] EWCA Crim 310
   
Judge(s): Holroyde LJ VP, Bryan J and HHJ Kearl KC
   
Date: 45330