hy a crime or crimes, if sufficiently heinous should not be regarded as deserving lifelong incarceration for purposes of pure punishment" (per Lord Steyn at pp. 416H). Lord Steyn also observed: "there is nothing logically inconsistent with the concept of a tariff by saying that there are cases were t

closed the file to Mm. 8. The defence says the importance of the test as set out in Ismail cannot be over-emphasised. The test, as set out by Lord Steyn in that case, is: "For my pan I am satisfied that the Divisional Court in this case posed the right test by addressing the broad question whether th