2021-12-10
Violent rapist fails in appeal against 8-year sentence
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mukoko's lawyers later launched an appeal against the sentence handed down by Mr Justice Michael White, who had described the rape as "very violent and forceful". Earlier, Anne Marie Lawlor SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), told the court the sentence imposed was "fully within the margin of appreciation" open to the judge. "We say it is a proper sentence," she said. "There is simply no error in principle in this case." At the sentence hearing, Mr Justice White noted the impact on the victim had been devastating.