Reference by Her Majesty’s Attorney General for Northern Ireland (no 9 of 2003)
Unduly lenient sentence - rape and indecent assault - totality
[2003] NICA 41 Carswell LCJSearch decision and choose filters to show only the results you want
Unduly lenient sentence - rape and indecent assault - totality
[2003] NICA 41 Carswell LCJ
Indecent assault - several child victims over many years - concurrent/consecutive sentences
[2003] NICA 44 Weir J
Reference by AG of sentence as unduly lenient – 3 years’ probation concurrent with earlier equivalent sentence for similar offending – possession/possession with intent to supply Class A & B drugs – unusual circumstances for ‘supply’ – offender responding well to addiction treatment on probation - sentence lenient but not unduly so.
[2003] NICA 38 Carswell LCJ