Lloyd, Richard

Richard Lloyd was convicted in May 2008 at Coventry Crown Court of sexual assault, attempted rape, affray, theft, assault by beating, common assault, ABH, and witness intimidation. He was 26 years old at the time of sentencing and received a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) and was ordered to serve a minimum period of 37 months, minus 232 days spent on remand.

Mr Lloyd was released in July 2019 and recalled in July 2020. He remained in custody when he applied to the CCRC in March 2025.

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 Lloyd 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.