Appeal by leave of the full court against sentences totalling four years’ imprisonment for sexual offences committed by the appellant many years ago, when he was a child. The issues in the appeal make it necessary to consider the correct approach to sentencing when the maximum sentence available to the court, if the offender had been convicted at the time of the offences, would by reason of his age have been subject to a restriction which does not apply to an adult.
Judges:
Lord Justice Holroyde
Mr Justice Lavender
Sir Nigel Davis
Citations:
[2022] EWCA Crim 39, [2022] 4 WLR 37, [2022] WLR(D) 110
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 21 October 2022; Ref: scu.671928