Bail Conditions to Hospital

You may have seen news coverage where police officers present in Westminster Hall whilst Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth lay in state, had to intervene when a man approached the coffin. He was arrested and subsequently charged with two offences under the Public Order Act 1986, including s4A of the Act. This is an offence of […]

The Penrose Extrapolation

I blogged a few months ago about the Penrose Hypothesis – the idea that there is a correlation in society between any reduction in the inpatient bed provision and the subsequent incarceration in prison of mentally unwell defendants around a decade later. This hypothesis was first proposed by Professor Lionel Penrose in the 1930s but […]

Life Sentence Quashed

An unusual criminal case has recently featured in the Court of Appeal which I thought was worth noting. In 2006, Paul Crerand was sentenced to life imprisonment after a brutal attack with a hammer on an elderly victim. It was noted at the point of sentencing, he had previously been convicted for several violent offences, […]