Hearings
England & Wales
10 Jun 2009 [2009] UKHL 30; [2009] AC 1076; [2009] 3 WLR 1; [2010] 1 All ER 493; [2010] 1 Cr App R (S) 42; [2009] WLR (D) 177, HL(E)
R v Islam
Subject Matter
CRIME — Sentence — Confiscation order — Defendant importing consignments of heroin into United Kingdom — Consignments seized by customs — Defendant pleading guilty to being knowingly concerned in fraudulent evasion of prohibition on importation of goods — Confiscation order made in sum including wholesale value of heroin on black market — Whether heroin to be treated as illegal goods having no “market value” — Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, ss 79, 80
[2009] UKHL 30; [2009] AC 1076; [2009] 3 WLR 1; [2010] 1 All ER 493; [2010] 1 Cr App R (S) 42; [2009] WLR (D) 177, HL(E)
Appellate History
R v Islam [2009] 1 Cr App R (S) 488, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reversed
R v Islam [2009] UKHL 30; [2009] AC 1076; [2009] 3 WLR 1; [2010] 1 All ER 493; [2010] 1 Cr App R (S) 42; [2009] WLR (D) 177, HL(E)
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Making of Confiscation Order - Stage Three — Determination of the Recoverable Amount - Valuation of Benefit
E19.47