A suspended sentence which had been imposed on a man who suffered from Tourette’s syndrome and other disorders following his plea of guilty to rape was unduly lenient; however, given his very positive attitude to the suspended sentence order, which had been coupled with a supervision requirement, it would not be appropriate to interfere with […]
A judge had not erred in adopting a 30-year starting point for the minimum term when sentencing a young offender to detention for life following his conviction for the murder of a 16-year-old girl, on the basis that the murder involved sexual or sadistic conduct and fell within the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch.21 para.5(2)(e), […]
A sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years where a 21-year-old uncle had raped and strangled his two-year-old niece was not excessive. The sentencing judge had taken account of the defendant’s age and guilty plea in deciding not to impose a whole life order, and so those features could not be […]
