2020-10-19
Court orders 'high risk' rapist must be supervised upon release
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Ms Lankford also submitted that the trial judge erred in failing to suspend a portion of the sentence imposed, particularly in light of his very young age and his personal difficulties. In the Court of Appeal's ruling, Mr Justice Edwards said that the appellant was seeking to have a proportion of the sentence suspended to give O'Driscoll some "light at the end of the tunnel" but the judge rejected the application due to the serious nature of the case.