[2025] EWCA Crim 1371

There are two proposed grounds of appeal. The first is that the judge's decision on dangerousness, namely that the applicant posed a significant risk of the commission of serious specified offences, was not one at which any reasonable judge could arrive. Mr Montgomery emphasises the applicant's age and his lack of any relevant previous convictions. He contends that the circumstances that led to this offending, which occurred in the context of the applicant's involvement with a particular family, are highly unlikely to be reproduced in the future.

The second proposed ground of appeal is that, given the applicant's age and lack of any relevant previous convictions – and indeed only one minor conviction at all – the custodial term of 21 years was longer than it needs to or should have been.