A three-year probation order for offences of attempted rape, indecent assault and indecency with a child was clearly regarded as an unduly lenient use of the judge's sentencing discretion and was accordingly substituted with a sentence of 18 months' detention in a young offender institution.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill LCJ, Tucker J, Hallett J)

12/01/2000