s.228

October 25, 2013

The imposition of a sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of four-and-a-half years following an offender’s conviction for rape and kidnapping could not be faulted, notwithstanding the judge’s failure to set out her reasons for rejecting an extended sentence in her sentencing remarks. An extended sentence had undoubtedly been discussed at the relevant time, and the offender, who posed a serious risk to vulnerable women, was unlikely to comply with the licence conditions under the extended sentence regime.

APPROPRIATENESS OF SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Pt 12 DANGEROUS OFFENDER POSING SERIOUS RISK TO VULNERABLE WOMEN DANGEROUSNESS EXTENDED SENTENCES IMPRISONMENT FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION JUDGE FAILING TO SET OUT REASONS FOR REJECTING IMPOSITION OF EXTENDED SENTENCE IN SENTENCING REMARKS KIDNAPPING Pt 12 s.225 Pt 12 s.226 RAPE s.227 s.228 SENTENCING

March 27, 2013

It had not been reasonably open to a district judge to exercise his power of committal to the Crown Court for sentence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.3C in respect of an 11-year-old boy who had pleaded guilty to child sex offences. Having accepted jurisdiction prior to the guilty pleas, further information put before the court regarding the offender’s background and risk of reoffending was not sufficient to change the initial assessment of seriousness and risk.

CHILD SEX OFFENCES CHILD SEX OFFENCES COMMITTED BY 11-YEAR-OLD COMMITTAL FOR SENTENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Pt 12 s.226(3) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DANGEROUSNESS JURISDICTION JURISDICTION INITIALLY ACCEPTED BY YOUTH COURT LAWFULNESS OF SUBSEQUENT COMMITTAL TO CROWN COURT FOR SENTENCE UNDER S.3C POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION MAGISTRATES’ COURTS ACT 1980 s.24(1) POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.3C s.228 s.228(2) s.228(2A) s.3C(2) s.7 s.91 SENTENCING SENTENCING POWERS SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.5 YOUNG OFFENDERS YOUTH COURTS

October 22, 2008

A sentence of detention for public protection with a minimum term of two years imposed for attempted rape was manifestly excessive as the offender was only 16, was of previous good character and had pleaded guilty at the earliest point. The sentence was replaced with one of three years’ detention.

AGE ATTEMPTED ANAL RAPE OF 11-YEAR-OLD BOY ATTEMPTS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.226(3A) DANGEROUSNESS RAPE s.226 s.226(2) s.226(3) s.228 s.229 s.229(1)(b) SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES YOUNG OFFENDERS

November 3, 2005

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

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