A grandfather’s convictions for the sexual abuse of his granddaughter were upheld. There was no proper basis for rejecting the granddaughter’s original complaints, which had been detailed in her ABE interview and maintained throughout the trial, and the reliability of a retraction statement she made shortly after sentencing had to be rejected.
APPEALS AGAINST CONVICTION ASSAULT OF CHILD UNDER 13 BY PENETRATION CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FALSE STATEMENTS FRESH EVIDENCE RETRACTION SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILD FAMILY MEMBER
A judge had not erred when sentencing an offender to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 10 years, as a sentence of “last resort” for extreme child sex offences committed over a number of years against his own children. The sentence was also not unduly lenient, despite the minimum term not being increased when the offender was sentenced for further offences which involved the same children being offered to other men for sexual purposes.
CHILD SEX OFFENCES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CONSPIRACY EXTENDED SENTENCES LIFE IMPRISONMENT RAPE OF CHILD UNDER 13 SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILD FAMILY MEMBER SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN UNDUE LENIENCY VICTIM IMPACT
The court expressed concerns about the professional response to the death of a 13-month-old child who had died suddenly and in unexplained circumstances whilst in her parents’ care. In particular, it criticised the police failure to undertake any real investigation until nine months after the child’s death and the local authority’s failure to take legal advice and start proceedings for a similar period. Those failures affected the court’s ability to make findings of fact about the cause of the death during care proceedings.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BABIES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CORONERS CORONERS’ POWERS AND DUTIES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEATH FAMILY LAW LOCAL AUTHORITIES’ POWERS AND DUTIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY POLICE
Although a sentence of four years’ detention in a young offender institution imposed for sexual assault of a child under 13 and of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity was severe, it was not manifestly excessive.
AGE CAUSING CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CRIMINAL LAW SENTENCING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILD FAMILY MEMBERS SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES
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