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Court of Appeal imposes an additional global post-mitigation sentence of 2.5 years' imprisonment, to be served consecutively to an existing 8-year term, for a former teacher's historic sexual offenses against students. The original decision by the Circuit Criminal Court, which resulted in an effective 12-year custodial sentence, was deemed unduly severe. The Court of Appeal's resentencing reflects the totality of the appellant's offending against 45 individual victims, taking into account mitigating factors such as early guilty pleas, expressions of remorse, and the appellant's advanced age and health.
Court of Appeal, resentencing, historic sexual offenses, teacher, students, mitigation, guilty plea, remorse, consecutive sentence, proportionate global sentence, totality principle, advanced age, health, indecent assault, sexual assault, Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, victim impact statement, breach of trust, psychological harm, cumulative offending.
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