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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of allegedly unduly lenient sentence of four years' imprisonment with the final eighteen months suspended imposed for child pornography offences, on the grounds that the sentence was within the limits of the discretion available to the sentencing judge.
Criminal law – sentencing – undue leniency – whether an effective sentence of four years' imprisonment with the final eighteen months suspended imposed for child pornography offences was unduly lenient – possession of child pornography for the purpose of distributing, publishing, exporting, selling or otherwise showing it – s. 5(1)(e) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 – s. 6(1) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 – s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – whether the sentence was ‘unduly lenient’ – sentence was within the limits of the discretion available to the sentencing judge – appeal dismissed.
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