Quasi-custody credit for time spent in drug rehabilitation facilities is not restricted to Odyssey House but extends to other facilities where comparable restraint applies. A sentencing judge is not bound to find special circumstances under s 5(2) of the Sentencing Act 1989 merely because drug addiction and rehabilitation evidence are present; the decision remains discretionary.
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