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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of suspended sentences imposed for sexual assault which occurred between 1998 and 2002 on the grounds that they were unduly lenient, finding that it was open to the trial judge to consider the personal and family circumstances of the respondent as being exceptional, and while undoubtedly lenient, the sentences were not unduly lenient.
Criminal law – sentencing – undue leniency – whether suspended sentences imposed for sexual assault which occurred between 1998 and 2002 were unduly lenient – s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 – whether the sentencing judge erred in failing to have sufficient regard to the seriousness of the offending – whether the sentencing judge erred in suspending such a large portion of the sentence – whether the sentence in this case represented a clear divergence from the norm – appeal dismissed.
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