Court of Appeal refuses to change sentence of Nottingham triple killer

The Court of Appeal has refused to alter the sentence of a man who killed three people in Nottingham last summer.

However, three senior judges dismissed the bid today , pointing to the "unimaginable grief" his offences have caused while also stating that his sentence was not unduly lenient since it was argued that his paranoid schizophrenia was "the sole identified cause of these crimes".Giving their judgment, the Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said: “There was no error in the approach adopted by the judge. The sentences imposed were not arguably unduly lenient.

“Had the offender not suffered the mental condition that he did, the sentencing judge would doubtless have been considering a whole life term. But neither the judge nor this court can ignore the medical evidence as to the offender’s condition which led to these dreadful events or the threat to public safety which the offender continues to pose.”

Prosecutors accepted his not guilty pleas to murder at his sentencing at Nottingham Crown Court in January since medical experts concluded he had paranoid schizophrenia. Sentencing judge Mr Justice Turner told Calocane that his "sickening crimes" meant that he would be indefinitely detained in a high-security hospital "very probably for the rest of your life".

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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