Where an 16-year-old offender had committed an offence of rape on an elderly woman, who was his grandmother, alone in her home at night after a forced entry, the circumstances were of such gravity that a sentence of life imprisonment was inevitable.
Where an 16-year-old offender had committed an offence of rape on an elderly woman, who was his grandmother, alone in her home at night after a forced entry, the circumstances were of such gravity that a sentence of life imprisonment was inevitable.
AGGRAVATING FEATURES ELDERLY WOMAN ALONE IN HOME AT NIGHT FORCED ENTRY LIFE IMPRISONMENT RAPE SENTENCE LENGTH SENTENCING SEXUAL OFFENCES WHETHER OFFENCE OF SUCH GRAVITY THAT LIFE IMPRISONMENT JUSTIFIED