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CRIMINAL DIVISION
REFERENCE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER S.36 OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988
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Miss S Mahmood appeared on behalf of the Offender
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"I do not think you could cope. I think that you were overwhelmed. This was not what you expected parenthood to be like. You did not have the right tools to deal with complex and trying circumstances..."
"As far as harm is concerned, it is accepted on your behalf that this offending falls within Category 1 because of the serious developmental harm caused to [J]. So, as my starting point, I place this case within the top end of Category 1B, namely five and a half years' imprisonment."
"In those circumstances, I am obliged to reduce that starting point and I do so by one-third, which reduces the sentence to 44 months."