Top Rape Defence Barrister

There was no power to add an extended sentence to a detention and training order under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.85 .

A conditional discharge was unduly lenient for offences of indecent assault with a female under 13 years old and indecency with a child.

A judge had exercised his discretion fairly under s.41 Youth and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 by ruling as admissible certain evidence about sexual abuse on complainant children by persons other than their parents against whom criminal proceedings had been brought.

A sentence in excess of the statutory maximum of ten years should not have been imposed where it resulted in an extended sentence of 18 years, of which 12 years was the custodial term for sex offences against children. A term of ten years, of which six years was the period of imprisonment and four […]