A sentence of six years’ imprisonment following convictions for historic charges of rape, indecency with a child and sexual assault, committed against a 13-year-old girl, was increased to 12 years’ imprisonment where the judge had departed from the sentencing guidelines without giving reasons for doing so and where the sentence imposed failed to reflect the totality of the offending.
“HISTORIC” OFFENCES AGGRAVATING FEATURES INDECENCY INDECENT ASSAULT OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN RAPE REASONS SENTENCING SENTENCING GUIDELINES STARTING POINT TOTALITY OF SENTENCE UNDUE LENIENCY
Developments in medical knowledge that reduced the diagnostic significance of physical signs of abuse in children did not render a conviction prior to the change in approach unsafe.
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE FRESH EVIDENCE INDECENT ASSAULT MEDICAL EVIDENCE MEDICAL REPORTS OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN
A minimum term of three years’ imprisonment for public protection imposed on an offender who had pleaded guilty to 17 counts comprising offences of indecent assault together with the taking and making of indecent photographs of children was not manifestly excessive where the offences had involved the planned, premeditated targeting of young children and a grave breach of trust over a prolonged period.
ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Sch.37 DELIBERATE BEFRIENDING OF PARENTS IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN PREMEDITATED TARGETING OF CHILDREN Sch.15 SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL ASSAULT
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