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R v Timothy Dempsey

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Timothy Dempsey
   
Issue: Whether the judge had been wrong not to find that a firearms offence committed by a defendant with a delusional disorder that was difficult to treat involved exceptional circumstances so as to allow a minimum custodial term of 5 years to be avoided.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2021/00107/A1
   
Neutral Citation:   [2021] EWCA Crim 837
   
Judge(s): Nicola Davies LJ, Spencer J, HHJ Richardson QC
   
Date: 44337