Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 259 (Jul)
Neutral Citation: [2007] EWCA Crim 509
Court: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Judge:

Gray and Henriques JJ
Representation Ian Graham (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 26 January 2007

Catchwords

Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Sexual activity with a child - Sexual grooming - Whether sentence manifestly excessive.

The Case

Sentence Imprisonment. The defendant's consecutive sentences of 18 months' imprisonment for sexual activity with a child and 12 months' imprisonment for the offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming were quashed and substituted with consecutive sentences of 12 months' imprisonment for sexual activity with a child and six months' imprisonment for meeting a child following sexual grooming on the ground that the sentence was manifestly excessive. His indefinite notification period was quashed and substituted with a notification period of ten years.

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