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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against the severity of sentence of ten years' imprisonment imposed for rape, on the grounds that, while it was undoubtedly on the higher end of the range, it was reasonably within the discretion of the sentencing judge and was permissible.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against the severity of ten years' imprisonment imposed for rape – s. 48 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861 and s. 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981, as amended by s. 21 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1990 – sentence of ten years imprisonment was undoubtedly on the higher end of the range reasonably within the discretion of the learned sentencing judge – sentence was within the permissible range – appeal dismissed.
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