Pink, Dwayne

Dwayne Pink was convicted after a trial at Blackfriars Crown Court in June 2009 of kidnap and of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He received a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) with a minimum term of five years minus 50 days spent on remand.

Mr Pink tried to appeal against his sentence but his application for leave to appeal was dismissed. He applied to the CCRC for a review of his sentence in November 2013.

The CCRC decided to refer Mr Pink’s sentence to the Court of Appeal because it considered that there was a real possibility the Court would amend the sentence.

The referral was made on the basis that the sentence imposed failed to deduct time spent on qualifying electronically monitored curfew (a “tag”) after the coming into force of section 240A Criminal Justice Act 2003 (as introduced by section 21 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008).

The CCRC referred the sentence in January 2014.

The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence in February 2014.