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R v Fox (Wayne Anthony)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Fox (Wayne Anthony)
   
Issue: Whether imprisonment for public protection, combined with hospital and limitation directions under s45A Mental Health Act 1983, was wrong in principle in light of the role of undiagnosed mental disorder in the offending; whether the minimum term set was manifestly excessive.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   No 201101904/B3
   
Neutral Citation:   [2011] EWCA Crim 3299
   
Judge(s): Davis LJ, Griffith-Williams and Lindblom JJ
   
Date: 15 December 2011