Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Christopher Rafter

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2023-05-19

4.5 years for systematic rape and abuse of sisters too lenient, appeal court finds

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Ms Justice Kennedy said that the headline sentence of nine years identified for the rape offences had not been unduly lenient but the mitigation accounted for and suspended portions imposed did not reflect the offending conduct. "In our view, the discount permitted for mitigation and the length of the period which was suspended was too great," said Ms Justice Kennedy. She then quashed the original sentence of four-and-a-half years and re-sentenced Rafter to seven years imprisonment with the final 12 months suspended.

2023-04-24

4.5-year jail sentence for rape and abuse of sisters too lenient, State says

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Ms Murphy said the maximum penalty for sexual assault was 10 years' imprisonment but that Rafter had only been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for the 10 indecent assaults. Ms Murphy said a "low" headline sentence of nine years' imprisonment had been identified by Mr Justice McDermott for the rape of Linda Rafter but that mitigating factors reduced this to six years before the judge suspended 18 months of that sentence.