Infanticide
Title: Homicide
Offence: Infanticide
Legislation: Infanticide Act 1938 section 1
Commencement Date:
Mode of Trial: Indictable only
Statutory Limitations & Maximum Penalty: Life imprisonment
Sentencing Range: Serious specified violent offence
Aggravating & Mitigating Factors
None
Relevant Sentencing Guidelines (If Any)
N/A
Relevant Sentencing Case Law
Archbold summarises the position by stating that custodial sentences are extremely rare, and that recent appeals to the Court of Appeal have resulted in probation orders.
Recent Decisions reported in CSP at B1-6.3
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