Teenager loses appeal against one-year detention for oral rape

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An unnamed teenager’s one-year detention for oral rape was upheld by the Court of Appeal in a judgment delivered on 12 October 2023.

The offence involved his seven-year-old cousin and occurred when he was 13. The Court of Appeal said the sentence was the minimum the sentencing judge could impose and dismissed all grounds of appeal.

The appeal court said the sentencing judge had properly considered the offender’s youth and other mitigating factors, while also accounting for the seriousness of the offence and its impact on the victim.