Where an accused convicted of indecent assault of a man had mistakenly been charged under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.14(1) instead of s.15(1) and had been found unfit to stand trial under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 s.4A, the conviction was unsafe. Section 4A clearly stated that the jury had to be satisfied […]
An offence of possessing an indecent photograph of a child contrary to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 s.160 was not a “sexual offence” within the meaning of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.85(1)(a) and an extended sentence of imprisonment could not, therefore, be imposed in respect of it.
The Court of Appeal gave guidelines for imposing extended periods of licence under s.85 Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.
