| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 149 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWCA Crim 132 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Lord Judge CJ, Pitchford and Evans JJ |
| Representation | Deborah Sherwin (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the offender. |
| Simon Neil Denison QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 January 2009 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Sexual activity with a child - Suspended sentence - Whether sentence unduly lenient.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division quashed the offender's two-year suspended sentence for four counts of sexual activity with a child and imposed a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment, in circumstances where the 40-year-old female offender had had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy.
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