Mr EG

Mr EG was convicted on two indictments in November 2008 of offences relating to taking, making and possessing indecent images of children. He received a sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of three years less 351 days spent on remand in custody.

Mr EG was also convicted in August 2009 of sexual activity with a child and received a sentence of imprisonment for public protection with a minimum term of three years less 351 days spent on remand in custody.

The CCRC received an application for review of Mr EG’s sentence in June 2012.

Following review, the CCRC concluded that some of the counts on which Mr EG was convicted were offences committed before 4 April 2005 and therefore pre-dated the commencement of the imprisonment for public protection provisions provided in section 255 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Therefore, a sentence of imprisonment for public protection was unlawful for these counts.

The CCRC referred the sentence in April 2014.

The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence in August 2014.