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ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.63 OF 1999) SUB NOM R V S A S (1999)

PUBLISHED August 18, 1999
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A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment for an offence of grievous bodily harm with intent where the respondent had burnt a child's bottom against a metal grill of a gas fire was considered unduly lenient and substituted with a sentence of three years' imprisonment.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Alliott J, Curtis J)

18/08/1999

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