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further aggravating factor is your use of two weapons, a brick and a knife, which you took to the scene. in addressing the on the application of schedule 21 i m urged to find that not only is paragraph three not engage but neither is paragraph four and he argues that the knife that you carried was not one which was taken to the scene in the technical sense intended to be conveyed by paragraph four but i reject the submission and i am sure that you took a knife with you to the building and that you intended when you were there to commit an offence of sexual assault and or have the knife available as a weapon, it is not disputed that you used the weapon in committing the murder of nikki allan. paragraph counter is therefore engaged and this finding is overtaken by my earlier conclusion that this is a murder of particular seriousness but the fact that a knife was taken, even a penknife, and it was used, represents a significant aggravating factor which i must take into acc ....
A result of the minimum term which i may impose you may die in prison is not it seems to be a factor which i shall take into account. therefore taking all of these factors into account, the minimum term which i would have ordered under schedule 21 is one of not less than 37 years. i move on to stage two of my assessment. this is the home secretary s determination and i must now determine what the decision of the home secretary would have been before 2002 by applying the applicable guidance at the time. on the 10th of february 1997 a letter was sent by lord bingham to all judges who made recommendations as to the appropriate term in murder cases and that letter advocated 1a years as the normal penalty for the ....