Unnamed respondent’s indecent assault sentence increased

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The respondent, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had his sentence for indecent assault and possessing child pornography increased to six years and six months by the Court of Appeal on 13 July 2023. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy delivered the sentence.

He pleaded guilty to several sample indecent-assault charges on 17 November 2021 and admitted possessing child pornography. His June 2022 sentence comprised concurrent five-year terms for indecent assault, with two years suspended, and a consecutive three-year term for possessing child pornography, with two years and six months suspended, leaving three years and six months in prison. The proceedings were reported on 13 July 2023. The report said he had enrolled in the Building Better Lives programme while constructively spending time in custody.