Court of Appeal rejects Aaron Barwell’s bid to reduce 18-year sentence

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed Aaron Barwell’s appeal against his sentence for offences against three women working as escorts. Barwell had pleaded guilty to oral rape, rape and attempted rape, and was sentenced to 20 years with the final two years suspended.

The sentencing judge set a 36-year headline term, reduced it to 27 years after considering totality and proportionality, then applied a seven-year reduction for mitigation. In rejecting the appeal, the Court of Appeal found the sentencing judge had not erred in setting the headline sentences and considered the final sentence proportionate to the offending.