Saab (a pseudonym) v The Queen
[2022] VSCA 116
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…or getting away. 57The learned prosecutor referred to the cases of DPP v Beck [2021 VSCA 88, Lockyer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 321 and Saab v The Queen [2022] VSCA 116 as providing a possible indications of current sentencing practices following the introduction of the standard sentence, noting however that any part…
Lockyer (a pseudonym) v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 321
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…held down and prevented from moving or getting away. 57The learned prosecutor referred to the cases of DPP v Beck [2021 VSCA 88, Lockyer v The Queen [2020] VSCA 321 and Saab v The Queen [2022] VSCA 116 as providing a possible indications of current sentencing practices following the introduction of the standard s…
DPP v Mokhtari
[2020] VSCA 161
Citation 3
(Para 25)
…o society. 62In sentencing for the crime of rape denunciation is a very important sentencing consideration. As was said in the case of DPP v Mokhtari [2020] VSCA 161, at [25]: ‘The very act of rape is inherently serious, simply by virtue of the invasion of the victim's bodily integrity without consent. It is, quit…
Shrestha v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 364
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…e of rape is a serious offence. It carries a standard sentence of 10 years' imprisonment. As explained by the Court of Appeal in Shrestha v The Queen [2017] VSCA 364 the fact that it involved digital penetration rather than penile does not mean that the offence is to be treated as less serious. The offending here…