Collin Green gets reduced sentence for underage sex
Green was convicted and handed the maximum possible sentence of seven years in prison by Justice Albert Redhead in 2012 for having unlawful sex with a minor girl under the age of 16 years.
Appeal Court Justice Madam Louise Blenman ruled today that Green’s sentence should be reduced to a notional term of five years in prison instead of the maximum seven years.
The appeal was allowed on the basis that the trial judge erred in issuing the maximum sentence of seven years on the appellant and failed to take into consideration the relevant principles of sentencing.
It was ruled that the sentencing judge should impose the notional sentence provided for by the legislature and weigh the mitigating and aggravating factors and do a weighing and balancing exercise to determine whether the aggravating factors had outweighed the mitigating factors or vice versa.
The Court ruling was in agreement with both the Appellant, represented by attorney Stephen Daniels and the Crown that the notional sentence be implemented.
The appellant was then given five years in substitution of the initial seven year sentence which takes effect from the date Green was first remanded on August 7, 2012.
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