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R v DAVID JOSEPH C (2009)

PUBLISHED July 16, 2009
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[2009] EWCA Crim 1857

A notional determinate sentence that equated to 30 years' imprisonment before a one-third reduction for guilty pleas, which had formed the basis for calculating the specified minimum term of a life sentence imposed for 28 counts relating to the sexual abuse of five boys, was excessive and reduced to 20 years.

CA (Crim Div) (Richards LJ, Jack J, Judge Baker QC)

16/07/2009

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