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The Privy Council quashed Roger Watson’s 50-year manslaughter sentence, holding he should have been heard on sentence and given reasons, and remitted the case.
The Privy Council dismissed Caryn Moss’s conviction appeal for conspiracy to murder but quashed her sentence and remitted the case for re-sentencing.
The Privy Council held that the Court of Appeal of Jamaica wrongly refused to hear Ray Morgan’s sentence appeal after administrative errors delayed filing.
Privy Council appeal on attempted murder directions, holding the trial judge misdirected the jury on intention but dismissing the appeal because no miscarriage of justice occurred.
The Privy Council held that failure to comply with a planning enforcement notice was a single continuing offence, but conviction and sentence were limited to the charged period.
The Privy Council quashed Robinson’s murder conviction, holding the jury had been misled on diminished responsibility and substituting manslaughter.
The Privy Council held that the original non-custodial sentence was too lenient, but reduced the substituted custodial term to 18 months because of delay and proportionality.
The Privy Council held that Bermudian murder sentencing provisions fixed maximum, not mandatory minimum, periods before parole eligibility, and allowed the appeals in part.
The Privy Council held that Bermuda sentencing provisions set maximum, not minimum, parole ineligibility periods, and allowed both appeals in part.
The Privy Council upheld Bonnett Taylor’s murder conviction, finding no unsafe verdict from Mrs Hartley’s unused statement or the juror issue, but adjusted sentence credit.
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