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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Pathik, J
\par 30 June, 2000
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Appeal against severity of}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1730887\charrsid8744004  sentence}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  }{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1730887\charrsid8744004 - Unnatural offence/}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 carnal knowledge of 6 year old - Penal Code }{
\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12415793\charrsid8744004 s175 (}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 a) - United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child articles 16 and 19.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The accused was convicted on his own plea and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for forcible carnal knowledge of a 6 year old class one boy against the order of nature. He appea
ls against severity of sentence.
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Held}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
 - (1) The sentence for buggery, while meriting a long custodial sentence, and taking into account a guilty plea, should }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 at the same time show the impor}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 tance of indicating to the public at large, and to anyone minded to commit an offence of this nature the total }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326\charrsid8744004 
unacceptability}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  of such conduct towards a child and a violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11566222 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 (2) Factors to consider in sexual attacks on young children: overall gravity of the offence, the 
necessity for punishment of the offender, the necessity to protect the public from the activities of someone who, sniffed solvent and then, having his sexual inclinations aroused, committed such an offence, the public concern at sexual offences against yo
ung children, deterrent effect of sentence, aggravating features such as the position of the appellant relative to the child, the effect on the victim, physical injuries to the victim.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Sentence reduced from 5 to 4.5 years.
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 Cases referred to in judgment
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 ref }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15140317 R v Peter Charles Willis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  60 Cr.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 R. 146
\par ref }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15140317 Attorney-General's Refer}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid15140317 ence No. 7 of 1990}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 R. 288
\par cons }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15140317 Joseph Mallloy}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  [1997] 1 Cr.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 App}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 R.
}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7958017  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15933326 (S.)
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\par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Appellant in person
\par Resina Senikuraciri f}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11566222 o}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 r the respondent
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 30 June 2000.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11566222 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878 
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Pathik}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11566222 ,}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  J
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
In the Magistrate's Court at Suva, on 18 November 1999 the appellant was on his own plea convicted of the offence of unnatural offence contrary to section 175(a) of the Penal Code Cap. 17 and sentenced to imprisonment for five years.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The Particulars of Offence is that:
\par 
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 day of October, 1999 at Kadavu in the Eastern Division had carnal knowledge of ISIMELI TUILOMA against the order of nature.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The appeal is against severity of sentence.
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\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Appellant's submission
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The appellant asks the Court to reduce the sentence because it is harsh and excessive. His grounds of appeal are that he pleaded guilty and that there are no aggravating circumstances to warrant such a sentence. He is remorseful of 
his actions. The appellant is a 35 year old farmer from Kadavu.
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\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Respondent's submission
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The learned Counsel for the State submits that the sentence is quite lenient and not harsh and excessive. She referred the Court to }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 R v Peter Charles Willis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  60 Cr.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3881641  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3881641  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
R. 146 C.A. where sentencing principles for homosexual offences against boys are set out ranging from three to five years. She also referred to }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Attorney-General's Reference }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid3881641 No. 7 of 1990}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 R v Stephen Peter Jones}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  92 Cr.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3881641  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3881641  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 R.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 288 where the Court of
 Appeal issued guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of sexual attacks on young children.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 She said that the child complainant suffered physical injury as stated in the Medical Report. There was an abuse of trust relationship as the appellant lived
 next door to the complainant in a closely knit Fijian village. Counsel submitted that emotional, psychological and moral corruption are natural consequences of such despicable acts to young victims. She further submitted that acts}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  of this nature clearly violate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3881641 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
 the rights of children that are enunciated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which Fiji has ratified in 1993.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Counsel submitted that the learned trial Magistrate properly sentenced the appellant and asks that the appeal against sentence be dismissed as it is without merit.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The facts of the case which were admitted by the appellant are correctly stated as follows by the learned Counsel for the State:
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\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The facts
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15955649 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 30 p.m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11095734 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
, the complainant, a 6 year-ol
d Class One student of Dagai village in Kadavu was on his way to play on a swing a little distance from his house. Between his house and the swing, however, was the Appellant's house. As the complainant reached the appellant's house, the appellant called 
out to the young boy to go into}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
the house where he was and then they will go and collect some kavika. The complainant went close to the appellant's house and said that he was not interested. The appellant then called again from inside the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 house, inviting th
e boy inside and saying that they should go and collect some kavika. The complainant was still standing at the doorway of the appellant's house when the appellant suddenly grabbed the complainant and lifted him into the house. The accused then put the com
p
lainant on the bed facing downwards, undressed the boy and proceeded to penetrate the boy's anus with his penis. After the appellant finished with his act, he then got dressed and went away. The complainant, who was in great pain went back to his house an
d informed his mother about the incident. The matter was reported to the police. The appellant was located, interviewed under caution charged with the offence of an unnatural offence contrary to s.175(a) of the Penal Code, Cap. 17.
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\par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Consideration of the a}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 pp}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 ea}{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 l}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
Upon a careful consideration of the submissions by the appellant and the learned counsel for the State as well as upon my perusal of the Appeal Record I find, subject to what I have to say hereafter, that there is very little merit in the appeal.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 This offence is a felony and attracts a penalty of up}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6120613  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
to 14 years' imprisonment. The Magistrate has powers to sentence up}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
to 5 years. The appellant pleaded guilty and when sen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10176132\charrsid8744004 tencing he said "after taking 1/}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
3 compulsory remissions into account, I order that you be sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment with effect from today". If that was what he intended to do then according to my understanding of what he said the sentence would co}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11369303\charrsid8744004 me to 5 years less 20 months (1/}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 3) that is 3 years 4 months.
\par 
\par This was a nasty a
nd wicked assault committed by the appellant on a child of tender age of 6. No doubt his behaviour required a long custodial sentence but then it was to his credit that he pleaded guilty for which some consideration should have been given and that is of p
a
rticular importance in cases of the kind where the trauma of giving evidence on the part of young victim is a particular danger. The sentence should at the same time show the importance of indicating to the public at large, and to anyone minded to commit 
an offence of this nature the total unaccceptability of such conduct towards a child.
\par 
\par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Jonathan Mark Landy}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  (1995) 16 Cr.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12875365  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12875365  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 R.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15140317  }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 (S) 908 at 909}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 -910 Popplewell J in a case of '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
plea of guilty' said:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14754867\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14754867 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 "As a matter of general policy courts will give credit t
o a defendant who pleads guilty because the court recognises thereby some remorse, the saving of time a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326 nd the avoidance of witnesses h}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 aving to attend court."
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7501956 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14754867\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 In this regard Miss Senikuraciri has quite rightly pointed out that an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7501956\charrsid8744004  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 aggravating feature in thi
s case is that acts of this nature clearly violate the rights of children that are enunciated in the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child which Fiji had ratified in 1993. This convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 
on 20 November 1989; the Convention came into force on 2 September 1990, in less time than any other Human Rights convention.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16204221\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Just how seriously the rights of the child are taken can be seen from the following Articles of the Convention:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16204221\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Article 16
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12678254\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12875365 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12678254\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12875365 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12678254\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Article 19
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11095734 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8595164\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12875365 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 1.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7501956\charrsid8744004  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5510887 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 r abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, 
maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7501956 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8595164\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
The law is there to protect such children who are often in a vulnerable position. This indeed was a forcible buggery of a child very much equivalent to rape if it was committed on a woman. One of the aggravating features here is that the appellant was a p
erson who was like a father to the victim. The effect on the victim does not require elucidation.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8725041\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 In }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 Joseph Mallloy}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326  [1997] 1 Cr.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10095144  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 App.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10095144  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
R. (S.) C.A. the sentence was re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5510887 d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 uced from 7 years to five years for buggery of }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11095734 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 boy aged 15 by a man on an isolated occasion as in the case before me.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1901353\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 The case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid11095734 Jones}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5510887 (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 supra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5510887 )}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
 sets out guidelines on matters to be taken into account in cases of sexual attacks against young children when passing sentence. The headnote reads:
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1901353\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901353 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 In sente
ncing offenders convicted of sexual attacks on young children, the sentencing judge should take the fo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15140317 llowing aspects into account: 1.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  The overall gravity of the offence. 2. The necessity for punishment of the offender. 3. The necessity to protect the public from the activities o}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4806765 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
 someone who, as in the instant case, sniffed solvent and then, having his sexual inclinations aroused, committed such an offence. 4. The public concern at sexual offences against young children. 5. What it was hoped would be the d
eterrent effect, i.e. the effect which a severe sentence might have on other people minded to act in such a manner.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15933326 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12608740\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7501956 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
I have borne the above factors in mind in considering whether the learned Magistrate had passed appropriate sentence. There was physical in
jury to the boy's anus but evidently it healed but it must have been terrifying to him. As the Lord Chief Justice said in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid11095734 Jones}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  (supra) at p.290:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6951673 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 It is of course impossible to say at this stage what, i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4806765 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  any, psychological effect it may have upon her}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10095144 . O}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 ne very much hopes none. That is something for the future which one can never know.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15933326 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9200497\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7501956 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid4806765 On sentence, in this type of offence, the following closing remarks of Lawton L.J in }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15140317 Willis}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid4806765  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15207405\charrsid4806765 (supra)}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4806765  at p.150 is worth noting:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid4806765 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15207405\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid15207405 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 
In our judgment when the danger to small boys is balanced against the mitigating factors, the result indicates that the appropriate sentence is one which is likely to keep the appellant out of trouble for a fairly long period and give him enough time to m
ature mentally, if he ever is going to do so. In our judgment the sentences passed upon him by Judge Streeter achieved this result. It was for these reasons we dismissed the appeal.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15933326 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15207405\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7501956 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 In all the circumstances of this case bearing in mind the matters I have i
ndicated and the five factors to be considered I think that a discount should have been given for the plea of guilty albeit a small one.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3308278\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 What I propose to do therefore is to make a small }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843158\charrsid8744004 reduction, }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13843158 that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 is to quash the sentence of five years' imprisonment and substitute }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7427957\charrsid8744004 therefore}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004  a sentence of four and-a-half years' imprisonment.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3428796\charrsid8744004 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 To that extent the appeal is allowed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15933326\charrsid8744004 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15933326 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid3626031 Appeal allowed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid8744004 .
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15824878 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15824878 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2190104 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid554656\charrsid15824878 Marie Chan
\par }}