A conviction for possessing false identity documents was quashed where the offence had erroneously been charged under the Identity Cards Act 2006 s.25(1)(a) instead of the Identity Documents Act 2010 and the Crown conceded that the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 could not be used to substitute an alternative offence.
An error on an indictment in respect of the date of the Act under which a charge of rape had been made was a procedural error that caused no prejudice and did not render the indictment or the trial a nullity, as the offender had been aware of the case he had to meet and […]
Given a defendant’s early guilty plea to 10 counts of indecent assault committed against his step-children, a total sentence of 13 years’ imprisonment was manifestly excessive and a total sentence of 11 years’ imprisonment was substituted.
A sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment for 13 counts of sexual offences involving young children, including rape, was not manifestly excessive as although R. v Millberry (William Christopher) [2002] EWCA Crim 2891, [2003] 1 W.L.R. 546 indicated that the appropriate starting point for a campaign of rape was 15 years, that was a starting point […]
