R v A (G) (2014)
The court gave guidance regarding the assessment of a complainant’s mental capacity in a criminal trial when the alleged offences involved proof of a lack of consent.
R v C (2009)
A sentence of two years’ detention was not appropriate in the case of a 14-year-old boy who had committed sexual offences against his eight-year-old cousin; the evidence showed that he did not pose a real risk to others and a custodial sentence would not be in the interests of his welfare. A supervision order for […]
R V J (2004)
It was impermissible for the Crown to prosecute a charge of indecent assault under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.14(1) in circumstances where the conduct upon which that charge was based was only an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 16 in respect of which no prosecution could be commenced under […]
R V BR (SENTENCING: EXTENDED LICENCES) (2003)
An order for an extended licence under s.86 Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 was preventive not punitive, and the addition of such an order to a sentence of imprisonment for an offence committed before 1 October 1991 did not violate Art.7 European Convention on Human Rights.