Sexual assault
The Council is currently developing two sentencing guidelines on sexual assault offences.
Sexual offending has become an area of growing public concern in recent years, often involving difficult decisions in complex circumstances. This is an area of great importance in which we believe sentencing guidelines would bring significant benefits to the judiciary, those involved in such cases, and the wider public.
The Council is creating a suite of guidelines on sexual offending. As part of this, the Council is developing two separate guidelines on sexual assault offences: one addressing sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault; and another on these offences involving young children.
Current stage
This guideline is currently at Stage 3 and is being overseen by the Sexual Offences committee.
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