Appeal court refuses to increase child rapist’s four-year jail sentence

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/martin-roberts-british-army-child-rapist-military-court-four-year-sentence-appeal/

Appeal to raise sentence of Martin Roberts, who abused seven-year-old while living on British Army base, was denied

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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

As the crimes were committed in the 1980s, Roberts’ sentence reflected the legal norms of that period.

I can see the logic to this, but holy shit, was 4 years for sexually abusing a 7 year old a typical sentence back then?

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