Unnamed abuser jailed for defilement after appeal reduces sentence

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The unnamed appellant was sentenced for defiling two teenage girls at the Court of Appeal, reported on 16 July 2021; the court imposed nine years, with the final two years suspended for ten years.

The court quashed the original sentence after finding the sentencing judge had erred in assessing the offences’ gravity. It set an 11-year headline term before allowing for mitigating factors; the appellant must also remain on the Sex Offenders Register for life.