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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

Ancillary Orders:

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