[2011] EWCA Crim 2153

Immediate custodial sentences were inappropriate in respect of offences of rape of a child under the age of 13 where the victims had consented, the perpetrators believed that the victims were 16 years old and there was no evidence of emotional or physical suffering by the victims. Sentences of one year's detention or imprisonment respectively, suspended for 12 months with 12 months' supervision, were appropriate.

CA (Crim Div) (Moses LJ, Holroyde J, Judge Gilbert QC)

12/07/2011