Sentencing – sexual offences

April 2024 | Crime
An extended 17-year custodial term imposed on D for the attempted rape of his former partner at home was manifestly excessive. In his appeal, it was argued that the judge was wrong to place his offending into harm level 1 of the sentencing guideline, given none of the level 1 factors were ‘extreme in nature’. …
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