The court considered the range of sentencing for buggery of and indecent assault on a male child. Lawton LJ said: ‘The sentencing bracket for offences which have neither aggravating nor mitigating factors is from 3 to 5 years, and the place in the bracket will depend on age, intelligence and education. Few offences, however, have neither aggravating nor mitigating factors. Many have both. When this happens, the judge has to weigh what aggravates against what mitigates.’
Judges:
Lawton LJ
Citations:
[1975] 1 WLR 292
Cited by:
Cited – Attorney-General’s Reference (No 39 of 2002) CACD 3-Jul-2002
The Attorney general sought leave to appeal against a sentence for incidents of an indecent assault on children.
Held: Willis remained the guideline case. The prime aim was to reflect the damage to the children, but other elements to be . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.182070