Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentence: Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2010

I still have some anxiety about the wording. The provision refers to the offender taking, ""a knife or other weapon to the scene intending to … commit any offence"." It does not necessarily mean intending to commit any offence using that knife. He might be using the knife to slash some tyres which, however reprehensible, is not on the same level as murder. Would that bring the accused or convicted person—we have come to the sentence—to the starting point of 25 years, albeit that after that some mitigating factors could possibly be taken into account? Is there not a concern that as it is drafted the measure may be too wide?