Grace, Daniel

Daniel Grace was convicted at Leeds Crown Court in July 2010 of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and false imprisonment. Mr Grace was 18 at the time of the offence and was given an indeterminate sentence of detention for public protection (DPP) with a minimum term of three years.  

Due to his age Mr Grace should have been sentenced to imprisonment for public protection (IPP) but this has never been formally corrected.

An appeal against sentence in May 2020 was unsuccessful, and Mr Grace applied to the CCRC in March 2025 

A review has concluded that there was a real possibility the Court of Appeal would find that the sentencing judge made errors in his assessment of Mr Grace’s future risk and would therefore quash his DPP sentence.  

The Court of Appeal had recently quashed several similar IPP/DPP sentences and in doing so found that sentencing judges had failed to attach the necessary weight to the age and maturity of offenders before imposing indeterminate sentences.  

The CCRC referred the sentence in April 2026.