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ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.40 OF 2001) SUB NOM R V ERNEST JOY (2001)

PUBLISHED May 9, 2001
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[2001] EWCA Crim 1163

A sentence of 30 months' imprisonment concurrent on fourteen counts of father-daughter incest over a long period of time and resulting in pregnancy was unduly lenient and was substituted with a term of four years. The sentencing judge had adopted an incorrect approach when he reduced the custodial term to reflect the extended licence period ordered.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Hunt J, Mitting J)

09/05/2001

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