| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 244 (Apr) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Rose LJ, McKinnon and Poole JJ |
| Representation | Joanna Glynn QC (instructed by Martin Murray & Associates) for the offender. |
| Jonathan Laidlaw (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 25 April 2002 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Indecent assault on a female - Mentally ill victim - Breach of trust - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
A sentence of 12 months' imprisonment suspended for two years and a suspended sentence supervision order for two years imposed upon an offender who pleaded guilty to indecent assault on a female was considered, on a reference to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General, to be unduly lenient. A sentence of six months' imprisonment was substituted.
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