Chambers, Christian

Christian Chambers was convicted in June 2006 of robbery, attempted robbery and possession of an imitation firearm. He received a sentence of detention for public protection (DPP) with a minimum term of two years, minus 48 days on remand.

The robbery took place in May 2004 when Mr Chambers was 15 years old. The other offences were committed in February 2006 when he was 17 years old.

Mr Chambers remained in custody, having never been released, when he applied to the CCRC in October 2024.

Reviewing this case, the CCRC considered the impact of recent Court of Appeal judgments, in particular R v Williams [2024] EWCA Crim 686 and R v Davis & Others [2026] EWCA Crim 743 and concluded that there was a real possibility the Court would find that the sentencing judges did not give sufficient weight to the age and immaturity of Mr Chambers when assessing his dangerousness and future risk.

The Court had recently overturned several similar IPP/DPP sentences. On 23 April 2026, two CCRC referrals were allowed and the sentences quashed, together with those in three other indeterminate sentence cases, which were not CCRC referrals; see the indeterminate sentences of five IPP/DPP prisoners were quashed.

The CCRC referred the sentence in August 2026.