Sentencing practice for offences under section 14 Sexual Offences Act 2003 (arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence) (a ‘section 14 offence’), and in particular the correct approach to assessing harm. There is tension within the relevant jurisprudence on this issue which requires consideration. The common feature between these cases is that when the individual defendants arranged, via the internet, to commit a sexual offence with a child, they were unaware they were in contact with a police officer.
Judges:
Lord Justice Fulford
Citations:
[2020] EWCA Crim 557
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.650501
