> In a written judgement published by the court on Tuesday, Lord Beckett writes of how Mr Harvey also invited him and his colleagues to find that rapists convicted under section 18 of the Sexual Offences Scotland Act 2009 – the rape of a young child – should receive longer sentences.
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> He said their sentences should be longer than ones given to rapists prosecuted under section one of the legislation – the rape of an adult.
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> Mr Harvey’s submissions succeeded.
I don’t think anyone disagrees?
Who issued the initial sentencing and what sanction will they face for such dreadful decision making?
Good job!!!!!
I was trying to find the sentencing guidelines for Scotland, since the guidelines for England were mentioned:
> Lord Beckett wrote: “The crime of rape generally is a particularly serious offence. It is apparent that in England, the guidelines have a higher starting point for rape of a young child than for an older person.
The guidelines for England were easy to find, and they treat rape, and rape of a child, as separate things with different sentencing guides.
The guidelines for Scotland seem to be much harder to find, and it looks like there might not even be an approved set, there seems to be a consultation for creating sentencing guidelines for sexual offences, that has been ongoing for a while.
But thing is, that the Sexual offences Scotland Act was implemented in 2009, but, there’s no definitive guidelines for sentencing in 2025 ?
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> In a written judgement published by the court on Tuesday, Lord Beckett writes of how Mr Harvey also invited him and his colleagues to find that rapists convicted under section 18 of the Sexual Offences Scotland Act 2009 – the rape of a young child – should receive longer sentences.
>
> He said their sentences should be longer than ones given to rapists prosecuted under section one of the legislation – the rape of an adult.
>
> Mr Harvey’s submissions succeeded.
I don’t think anyone disagrees?
Who issued the initial sentencing and what sanction will they face for such dreadful decision making?
Good job!!!!!
I was trying to find the sentencing guidelines for Scotland, since the guidelines for England were mentioned:
> Lord Beckett wrote: “The crime of rape generally is a particularly serious offence. It is apparent that in England, the guidelines have a higher starting point for rape of a young child than for an older person.
The guidelines for England were easy to find, and they treat rape, and rape of a child, as separate things with different sentencing guides.
The guidelines for Scotland seem to be much harder to find, and it looks like there might not even be an approved set, there seems to be a consultation for creating sentencing guidelines for sexual offences, that has been ongoing for a while.
But thing is, that the Sexual offences Scotland Act was implemented in 2009, but, there’s no definitive guidelines for sentencing in 2025 ?
That seems pretty glacial progress to me.
Fucking good.
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