Sentence examples for the minimum tariff from inspiring English sources

The minimum tariff was originally set at eight years.

His home secretary, Michael Howard, raised the minimum tariff to 15 years.

Belfast crown court heard that 51-year-old Colin Howell must serve the minimum tariff before he can be considered for release.

Shortly after their trial, the then Lord Chief Justice, Lord Taylor, raised the minimum tariff to 10 years, but this did little to assuage a populist tabloid campaign – including a 300,000-signature Sunewspaperer petition – claiming the case highlighted moral decay in Britain.

During an appeal hearing, the minimum tariff was reduced to three years.

It is also doubtful that the confession was made for personal gain - because it will have "no impact" on the minimum tariff he will serve, according to the Ministry of Justice.

In the process, the law lords ruled that it was unlawful for home secretaries to decide on the minimum tariffs to be served by offenders under 18.

Lady Scotland has called for the papers on the case after complaints that the five-year minimum tariff imposed on the brothers, aged 10 and 11 at the time of the attack, was unduly lenient.

The Phoenix Survivors founder told the Sun: "We have appealed [against] the five-year minimum tariff on this sentence to the attorney general on the grounds that it is unduly lenient.

But the court heard his minimum tariff had already expired when he attacked Huntley.

The trial judge recommended a minimum tariff or term of eight years, saying the two should be kept in custody for "very, very many years to come".