Life sentences coupled with minimum terms ranging from 17 to 12 years were appropriate in the case of four men who had been convicted of serious sexual offences following their involvement in one of the worst cases of child exploitation to come before the courts.
APPROPRIATENESS OF LIFE SENTENCES FOR SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN CHILD PROSTITUTION OFFENCES CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONSPIRACY DISCRETIONARY LIFE IMPRISONMENT MINIMUM TERM RAPE RAPE OF CHILD UNDER 13 SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION VICTIM IMPACT
Sentences of 11 years’ imprisonment imposed on three offenders and a total sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment imposed on another offender for offences arising out of the sexual exploitation of two young girls were appropriate in view of the various aggravating features, which included the fact that one of the girls was a vulnerable 16-year-old child and that both girls were forced to act as prostitutes.
AGE AND VULNERABILITY OF COMPLAINANT CHILD PROSTITUTION OFFENCES CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONTROLLING PROSTITUTES DISPARITY OF SENTENCE KEEPING BROTHELS SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.57 TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
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