A judge had not erred in adopting a 30-year starting point for the minimum term when sentencing a young offender to detention for life following his conviction for the murder of a 16-year-old girl, on the basis that the murder involved sexual or sadistic conduct and fell within the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch.21 para.5(2)(e), notwithstanding the offender’s limited intellectual ability and profound psychological and emotional difficulties.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 Sch.21 para.5(2)(e) INTENTION MITIGATION MURDER RAPE s.5(2)(e) SADISTIC CONDUCT Sch.21 Sch.21 para.11(c) Sch.21 para.5 Sch.21 para.8 SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL ABUSE YOUNG OFFENDERS
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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