| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 203 (May) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2012] EWCA Crim 1119 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Pitchford LJ, Macur J and the Recorder of Carlisle |
| Representation | Yasmin Punjani (instructed by Healey Colbon) for the first offender. |
| Minal Rajshakha (instructed by Healey Colbon) for the second offender. | |
| Dominic Grieve QC and Bobbie Cheema (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Attorney General. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 23 May 2012 |
Catchwords
Sentence - Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Rape of child under age of 13 - Offenders each being sentenced to 40 months' imprisonment - Attorney General referring sentences to Court of Appeal - Whether sentences unduly lenient.
The Case
Sentence Imprisonment. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, quashed sentences of 40 months' imprisonment for the rape of a child under the age of 13 years and substituted sentences of 7 years' detention in a young offenders' institution on the basis that the original sentences had been unduly lenient.
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