King v George John Maben (recommendation of the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland to the Department of Justice under article 10 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001) (decision on tariff)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Keegan LCJ |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] NILST 1 |
| Date | 09 March 2023 |
| Court | Court of Judicature (NI) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2023] NILST 1
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: [2023] NILST 1
ICOS No:
Delivered: 09/03/2023
THE KING
v
GEORGE JOHN MABEN
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RECOMMENDATION OF THE LADY CHIEF JUSTICE OF
NORTHERN IRELAND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNDER
ARTICLE 10 OF THE LIFE SENTENCES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2001
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DECISION ON TARIFF
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KEEGAN LCJ
Introduction
[1] On 6 November 2009, George John Maben (“the prisoner”) was sentenced to
life imprisonment with a minimum term of 13 years, having been convicted of
murder at the Central Criminal Court of England & Wales. On 20 April 2010, the
minimum term was increased to 18 years (Attorney General’s Reference (No. 100 of
2009) [2010] EWCA Crim 935). On 10 December 2010, the Court of Appeal of
England & Wales dismissed a renewed application for leave to appeal against
conviction (see R v George Maben [2010] EWCA Crim 3063). The prisoner’s tariff
expiry date is 10 April 2027.
[2] The prisoner was initially transferred to Northern Ireland on a restricted basis
on 16 August 2013 for a period of six months in order to avail of family visits.
Subsequently, this was extended for a further six months. In July 2014, the
prisoner’s restricted transfer was made non-time limited. Both the time-limited and
non-time limited restricted transfers were made under the Crime (Sentences) Act
1997.
[3] The prisoner requested subsequently that his transfer status be varied to
unrestricted. As a restricted transferred life prisoner seeking to have his transfer
changed to an unrestricted transfer, the prisoner did not satisfy the definition of a
‘transferred life prisoner’ in Article 10 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order
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