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Hope he rots!
Having said that if the rumours are true he may have a future in porn.
Given she was 15 a Ephebophile
I suspect that he'll get a good dose of that in prison.
What a fall from grace.
He got lucky, 8 years is a slap on the wrist.
So he got 4 years. That's actually more than I was expecting, so fair play Mr Judge.
If he'd done it in the last ten years he'd be looking at 10 years to life.
Difficult reading this http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resourc...ntencing-remarks-hhj-leonard-r-v-clifford.pdf
It's probably a bit more than is probably lawful given other cases tbh. The Judge gave him the highest sentence he possibly could.
Read the sentencing report, it sounds like he got off lightly tbh.
Not really. Judges need to give sentences that will stick and not be reduced by the court of appeal.
Except that the judge was very clear that he was limited by the different sentences that were applicable back then (2 yrs max) and the fact that by today's legislation a lot of what he did would be considered rape now.
I'm not sure I agree with the idea that you can only be sentenced in accordance to the laws at the time of the offence tbh but there we go.
Was he caught trying to climb on top of her also?