Lamb, Carl

Carl Lamb was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court in November 2006 of wounding with intent, damaging property, failure to answer bail, and breach of conditional discharge. He received an IPP with a minimum tariff of 21 months.

He was 26 at the time of sentencing. At the time of referral, he remained subject to that sentence in custody. The Single Judge refused leave to appeal in June 2007, and he applied to the CCRC in January 2026.  

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 judge did not give sufficient weight to the age and immaturity of Mr Lamb when assessing his dangerousness and future risk.   

The CCRC referred the sentence in September 2026.