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Originally Posted by topper
most are so removed from real life that they are worse than useless -
I recall a very recent judgement by one of your learned judges who sentenced a paedophile for - I think 18 months - for sexually abusing an 8 year old - his justification for that sentence was that - in his opinion - the little girl was dressing provocatively
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Originally Posted by topper
it really did happen and the judgement is being reviewed - not all things that surprise you are from the Mail - my memory - given my age - can be faulty but I seem to recall that it was reported on the Beeb and Sky too
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The Attorney-General has the right of appeal by way of case stated to the appeal courts in certain circumstances. One of these is if he feels that the sentence passed was too lenient, or the trial judge has erred in his application of the sentencing guidelines or relevant case law and statute.
If what you say is true, this appears to be one of these cases.
Therefore, the trial judge's sentencing is not 'absolute' or 'final' in any sense.
21st April 2008, 23:14
