Top Rape Defence Barrister

The judge had erred in principle in imposing a sentence of imprisonment for public protection in respect of the appellant’s sexual assault of a child under the girl of 13; repetitive violent or sexual offending at a relatively low level without serious harm did not of itself give rise to a significant risk of serious […]

A total sentence of eight years’ imprisonment for indecent assault and inflicting grievous bodily harm on an 83-year-old victim was manifestly excessive. The judge failed to give the appropriate discount for the defendant’s early pleas of guilty, and the indecent assault was not of the worst kind.