A notional determinate sentence that equated to 30 years’ imprisonment before a one-third reduction for guilty pleas, which had formed the basis for calculating the specified minimum term of a life sentence imposed for 28 counts relating to the sexual abuse of five boys, was excessive and reduced to 20 years.
28 COUNTS RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF FIVE BOYS ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST APPROPRIATE NOTIONAL DETERMINATE SENTENCE ATTEMPTS BUGGERY CALCULATION OF MINIMUM TERM CAUSING CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY CHILD SEX OFFENCES CHILDREN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.225 FILMS INCITEMENT INDECENT ASSAULT INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN LIFE IMPRISONMENT MEETING CHILDREN FOLLOWING SEXUAL GROOMING MINIMUM TERM PENETRATION RAPE SENTENCING SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN SEXUAL ASSAULT