A sentence of four years’ imprisonment imposed after trial for indecent assault was unduly lenient where the offender, who was akin to a stepfather to a seven-year-old child, had committed sexual acts against her, forcing her to perform oral sex on him. A sentence of seven years’ imprisonment was substituted.
CHILD SEX OFFENCES FOUR YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT INDECENCY INDECENT ASSAULT OFFENDER FORCING SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN ORAL SEX s.9 SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.7 UNDUE LENIENCY
A conviction for sexual assault was quashed in circumstances where it was not clear that the jury would have reached the same verdict had it been aware of fresh evidence, admitted on appeal, that the offender suffered from Asperger’s syndrome.
AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER CRIMINAL EVIDENCE EXPERT EVIDENCE FRESH EVIDENCE s.6 SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.7
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