2024-07-26
Man avoids jail for indecent assaults carried out as a teenager
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She said she was obliged to sentence Nolan according to the sentencing regime of the time but noted the penalties and legislation in relation to sexual offences on children and sentencing of child offenders have changed in the intervening years. Judge Codd imposed three years of imprisonment to mark the seriousness of the offence but taking into account Nolan's rehabilitation; she suspended the entire sentence for three years.