R v Jeremy Bamber

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2009] EWCA Crim 962
Year2009
Date2009
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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5 cases
  • The Appeals Against A Decision Of The Sheriff Of Lothian And Borders At Edinburgh In The Applications For The Extradition Of Jennifer Amnott, Valerie Perfect Hayes And Gary Reburn
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 28 January 2022
    ...of a whole of life sentence which was compatible with Article 3 and was appropriate punish ment for extreme criminality (R v Bamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962 at paras 32, 33 and 36). In Hutchins on v United Kingdom th e Eu ropean Court departed from the view expressed in Vinter v United Kingdom ......
  • R v Michael Thomas Attwooll
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 29 October 2009
    ...look at three previous decisions of this court: In re Caines [2007] 1 WLR 1109 and R v Pitchfork [2009] EWCA Crim 963 and R v Bamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962. The arguments were not as wide-ranging as those put by Mr Bennathan before us. If they had been, this judgment would have much shorter. ......
  • R v Bamber (Jeremy)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 14 May 2009
    ...EWCA Crim 962" class="content__heading content__heading--depth1"> Neutral Citation: [2009] EWCA Crim 962 Court and Reference: Court of Appeal, 2008/03986/A5 Judges: Lord Judge CJ, David Clarke and Wyn Williams JJ R and Bamber (Jeremy) Appearances: R Horwell QC and L Hindmarsh for B; V Templ......
  • R v Ayre (Stephen)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 28 April 2010
    ...It is an order which is to be made in cases of the most extreme gravity: see, for example, R v Wilson [2009] EWCA Crim 999; R v Bamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962; R v Wilkinson and Others [2009] EWCA Crim 1925; and R v Hogg [2007] EWCA Crim 1357. 17 From inquiries made of the Ministry of Justice,......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Life Meaning Life: Is There Any Hope of Release for Prisoners Serving Whole Life Orders?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 75-1, February 2011
    • 1 February 2011
    ...wherethey will be subjected to a natural life sentences: see Hodgkinson, Kandelia andGyllensten, above n. 45 at 267–71.68 R vBamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962.The Journal of Criminal Law86 Moreover, it has been implied that any challenges to whole life tariffsshould not be raised at the time of i......
  • Compatibility of Whole Life Orders with the European Convention on Human Rights
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 77-6, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...starting point was a whole life order. Bamber’s appeal against sentence to the Court of Appeal was dis- missed (R v Bamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962). The court held that theSecretary of State was entitled to choose between the two recommenda-tions received after Bamber’s trial, and that the Hig......
  • Inhuman and Degrading Punishment, Dignity, and the Limits of Retribution
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 77-2, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...2003(Mandatory Life Sentence: Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2010 (SI 2010/197).6 See RvVinter [2009] EWCA Crim 1399; RvBamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962; and RvMoore[2009] EWCA Crim 555.7 A complaint under ECHR, art 5(4) was declared inadmissible by the Chamber in its considerationof the c......

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