Unnamed 17-year-old sentenced for sexual assault

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The unnamed 17-year-old was sentenced to four years’ detention, with the term reduced to two years, for sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court, on 28 July 2022. The report says the sentencing was finalised on Thursday, which resolves to 28 July 2022. The offence took place at the defendant’s family home on 20 July 2019, when his cousin was eight.

The teenager was found guilty of sexual assault and not guilty of rape after a trial earlier that year. The judge said the offending was in the upper range and reduced the headline term after considering mitigation; the two-year term was backdated to 22 June 2022.