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Criminal law – Sexual offences. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division held that a total sentence of two years' imprisonment, suspended for two years, for the offences of sexual assault on a person under 13, two counts of making indecent photographs of a child and two counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child, had been unduly lenient. Instead, a total sentence of 36 months of immediate imprisonment would be imposed.
Criminal law – Sexual offences. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division held that a total sentence of two years' imprisonment, suspended for two years, for the offences of sexual assault on a person under 13, two counts of making indecent photographs of a child and two counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child, had been unduly lenient. Instead, a total sentence of 36 months of immediate imprisonment would be imposed.
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