Court of Appeal quashes five-year term and orders six years for child abuse offences

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The Court of Appeal quashed the five-year sentence imposed on a 45-year-old man for child sexual assault, exploitation and image offences, ruling it unduly lenient. The court ordered him to serve six years in jail. His identity remains withheld because naming him could identify the victims.

The appeal court said the sentences on the four counts were too low, given the impact on the victims, the grooming document shared by the man and the many unidentified children depicted in material stored on his devices. It also rejected a request from victims’ parents to name him.