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ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.105 OF 2004) SUB NOM R V H (2004)

PUBLISHED December 10, 2004
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[2004] EWCA Crim 3295

A parent was permitted to administer reasonable corporal punishment to a child. Chastisement that went beyond what was reasonable was a criminal offence, however it did not always mean that a custodial sentence had to follow.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene LJ, Hodge J, Judge Norman Jones QC)

10/12/2004

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