The Queensland Court of Appeal held that a sentencing judge did not err in declining to give credit for 755 days of pre-sentence custody against the 15-year non-parole period for mandatory life imprisonment for murder under s 135(2)(b) of the Corrective Services Act 2000 (Qld), following R v Fox. The applicant had been held in pre-sentence custody on both the murder charge and unrelated offences, and the Court distinguished R v Skedgwell on the basis that the statutory framework governing mandatory life sentences and parole eligibility did not permit the adjustment sought.
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