Logan, Sharon

Sharon Logan was convicted in September 2000 at Preston Crown Court of Arson. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a notional determinate sentence of six years.

Her application for leave to appeal was rejected. Ms Logan applied to the CCRC in October 2009.

The CCRC referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal because it considered there was a real possibility that the Court of Appeal would find that Ms Logan would have been made subject to a hospital order at the time of sentencing had the sentencing judge been in possession of information now available.

The CCRC concluded that Ms Logan met the criteria for making a hospital order and that consequently her life sentence should be quashed and substituted with a Section 37 hospital order and Section 41 restriction under the Mental Health Act.

The CCRC referred the sentence in April 2012.

The Court of Appeal quashed the sentence in November 2012 and substituted it for a hospital order with restriction.