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ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NOS.14 & 15 OF 2006) (TANYA FRENCH & ALAN WEBSTER) (2006)

PUBLISHED June 8, 2006
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The sentencing judge had been entitled, pursuant to sentencing guidelines, to accord a reduction in sentence of one-third where the offenders had pleaded guilty at the first reasonable opportunity. The minimum term to be served by one of the offenders for counts of rape of a baby was increased to reflect the fact that the starting point adopted by the sentencing judge was, in the circumstances, unduly lenient.

[2006] EWCA Crim 1335

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