R v Fleming (1993) 14 Cr App R (S) 151
Life sentence or hospital order Previous authority had established that where medical opinions are unanimous and a bed is available in a secure hospital a restricted hospital order should be made, but in this case the trial judge had imposed a hospital order. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal given the exceptional circumstances, in particular that the appellant had killed again having been discharged from an earlier hospital order.
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- Life sentence cases🔍
Date: 16/6/92🔍
Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)🔍
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- James Kirk Fleming🔍
Citation number(s):
- (1993) 14 Cr App R (S) 151
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