| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 97 (May) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Mantell LJ, Gage and Field JJ |
| Representation | John Morgans (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 8 May 2002 |
Catchwords
Sentencing - Sexual intercourse with girl under 16 - Indecent assault on female - Custodial sentence - Longer than commensurate sentence passed - Aggravating and mitigating features - Whether sentence wrong in principle - (Sentencing) Act 2000, s 80(2)(b).
The Case
The defendant's total sentence of five years' imprisonment for offences of sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 and indecent assault on a female was wrong in principle in the circumstances.
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