It was inappropriate to impose a sentence of imprisonment for public protection pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.225 on an offender convicted of making indecent photographs of children, because the link between the offending act of downloading images and the possible harm to children was too remote to satisfy the requirement that the offender’s reoffending would cause serious harm.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.225 CRIMINAL LAW IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN LINK BETWEEN DOWNLOADING IMAGES AND HARM NEED FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS RISK OF REOFFENDING s.104(2) s.106 s.106(3) s.143(1) s.224 s.224(3) s.225(1)(b) s.229 s.229(1) s.229(2) s.229(3) Sch.3 Sch.5 SENTENCING SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.104 SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS
The judge had erred in principle in imposing a sentence of imprisonment for public protection in respect of the appellant’s sexual assault of a child under the girl of 13; repetitive violent or sexual offending at a relatively low level without serious harm did not of itself give rise to a significant risk of serious harm in the future.
CHILDREN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.229 CRIMINAL RECORD IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION JUSTIFICATION FOR SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION REPEATED LOW-LEVEL SEXUAL OFFENCES s.224(3) s.225 s.229(3) SENTENCING SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES
A sentence of imprisonment for public protection following an offender’s conviction for making indecent photographs of children was unreasonable where on the facts there was no significant risk of his causing serious harm to others. A sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment was substituted.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.225 IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN JUSTIFICATION FOR SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION OBSCENITY PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS RISK OF REOFFENDING s.224(3) s.229(3) SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING
The defendant, who had kissed a 20-year-old man with learning difficulties without consent, did not pose a significant risk of serious harm; therefore a term of imprisonment for public protection was inappropriate.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.229(2) EXISTENCE OF SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SERIOUS HARM IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION KISSING VULNERABLE YOUTH WITHOUT CONSENT s.224(3) s.229(3) SENTENCING SEXUAL ASSAULT VULNERABLE ADULTS
A judge had been wrong to undertake a trial of an issue concerning a defendant’s alleged conduct prior to an offence that had neither been admitted nor proved by verdict and further erred in using his findings against that defendant to form the basis of an assessment of dangerousness under the Criminal Justice Act 2003. However, in the circumstances, the judge was correct to impose imprisonment for public protection.
ASSESSMENT OF DANGEROUSNESS CHILD ABDUCTION CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 s.2 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.229 CRIMINAL LAW DANGEROUSNESS GUILTY PLEAS IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION LEGISLATIVE INTENTION Part 2 PSYCHIATRIC EVIDENCE RESTRICTIONS RISK OF REOFFENDING s.224(3) s.225 s.225(2) s.225(3) s.229(2) s.229(2)(b) s.229(2)(c) SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SENTENCING WITHOUT PRIOR JUDGMENT SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL OF ISSUE CONCERNING PREVIOUS ALLEGATIONS TRIAL WITHOUT JURY TRIALS OF ISSUE
A finding that a defendant did not pose a risk of serious harm to the public within the meaning of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.229 did not preclude the court from imposing a sexual offences prevention order under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.104 on that defendant.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.229 EFFECT OF FINDING OF ABSENCE OF RISK OF SERIOUS HARM UNDER S.229 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 JURISDICTION RISK OF REOFFENDING s.104(1) s.106(3) s.224(3) s.225 Sch.3 SENTENCING SENTENCING POWERS SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.104 SEXUAL OFFENCES PREVENTION ORDERS
The court considered and gave guidance on the principles applicable to the new mandatory sentencing provisions for the protection of the public from dangerous offenders contained in Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.224 to s.229 and the factors that judges should take into account when deciding whether one of the new sentences must be imposed.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.143(3) CRIMINAL LAW DANGEROUS OFFENDERS LIFE IMPRISONMENT MANDATORY SENTENCING PROVISIONS UNDER S.224 TO S.229 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 MANDATORY SENTENCING PROVISIONS UNDER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 S.224 TO S.229 para.38(b) para.4 Parts POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.82A PUBLIC PROTECTION RISK OF REOFFENDING s.143(1) s.143(2) s.153(2) s.174(1)(a) s.189 s.224 S.224 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.224(2)(b) s.224(3) s.225 s.225(1) s.225(2) s.225(2)(b) s.225(3) s.225(4) s.226 s.226(1) s.226(2) s.226(2)(b) s.227 s.227(2) s.227(2)(b) s.227(3)(b) s.227(4) s.228 s.229 S.229 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.229(2) s.229(3) s.240 s.3 s.5 S.82A POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.82A(4) s.82A(4A) s.85 s.96 SCH.15 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Sch.18 para.4 Sch.32 para.38(b) SENTENCING SENTENCING GUIDELINES SEXUAL OFFENCES SPECIFIED OFFENCES VIOLENT OFFENCES