Concurrent sentences of two years’ imprisonment for historic offences of indecent assault and indecency with a child committed against the offender’s sister when he was aged 14-16 were reduced to concurrent one-year sentences. The offender, now over 70, was gravely ill and nearing the end of his life, and the original sentence was, in justice and in mercy, longer than necessary.
ABSENCE CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE HISTORICAL OFFENCES ILL HEALTH INDECENCY INDECENT ASSAULT SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING YOUNG OFFENDERS
A 78-year-old man whose extradition to the Falkland Islands was sought in order to prosecute him for 12 alleged historic sexual abuse offences from the mid-1980s was bailed. The unusual features of the case, including the individual’s ill-health and his caring responsibilities, and the fact that he had not offended since completing a sex offenders’ treatment programme in 2002, meant that the risks of him absconding or committing further offences were minimal.
ABSCONDING BAIL CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EXTRADITION EXTRADITION REQUESTS HISTORICAL OFFENCES ILL HEALTH RISK OF REOFFENDING
In a trial of charges of sexual offences against the defendant’s daughter and granddaughter, the judge had been entitled to rule that the complainants’ various complaints were mutually cross-admissible. Further, the complainants’ evidence had not been contaminated.
ADMISSIBILITY AGE CONTAMINATED EVIDENCE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE FRESH EVIDENCE ILL HEALTH INCEST INDECENT ASSAULT RAPE SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING
A two year suspended sentence for offences of indecent assault, indecency with a child and buggery was unduly lenient. Taking into account that the defendant was 66 years old at the time of trial and the principle of double jeopardy, the sentence would be quashed and a sentence of four years’ imprisonment substituted.
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST BREACH OF TRUST BUGGERY CHILDREN CRIMINAL LAW DIFFICULT SENTENCING EXERCISE ILL HEALTH INDECENT ASSAULT SENTENCING SEXUAL ABUSE SUSPENDED SENTENCES THREE YEAR SEXUAL ABUSE OF BOY AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 13 UNDUE LENIENCY
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