UK court okays extra jail term for paedophile for sexually assaulting kids
TCN Service/London
Lee Wilson, a 40-year-old from South Shields, England, has been awarded additional jail term for assaulting two children under the age of 13 years.
The England Court of Appeals passed the judgement following a challenge to original sentence under Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.
It means now Wilson will have to serve 15 years jail term and 12 months extended licence.
“Wilson was sentenced on 18 November 2022 for a total of seven counts of sexual offences against children. These included 3 counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, sexual assault of a child under 13 and making indecent photographs of a child,” a UK government statement reads.
“At the original sentencing at Newcastle Crown Court, Wilson was ordered to serve 11 years’ imprisonment plus 12 months’ extended licence. His sentence was then referred to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson KC MP, who felt that the sentence handed down to Wilson was unduly lenient,” it added.
Tomlinson, the Solicitor General, commented on the judgement by saying, “The increased sentence handed down to Lee Wilson today shows that sexual crimes against children will always be met with the strongest possible punishment under the law. These were abhorrent crimes, and I welcome the decision of the Court to order Wilson to serve a sentence which better reflects his offending”.
