Appeal Against Sentence By Sean Kelly Against Her Majesty's Advocate

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeLord Turnbull,Lady Paton
Neutral Citation[2018] HCJAC 17
CourtHigh Court of Justiciary
Date06 February 2018
Docket NumberHCA/2017/000674/XC
Published date21 February 2018
APPEAL COURT, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
[2018] HCJAC 17
HCA/2017/000674/XC
Lady Paton
Lord Turnbull
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LORD TURNBULL
in
APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE
by
SEAN KELLY
Appellant
against
HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE
Respondent
Appellant: C Findlater; John Pryde & Co (for the Glasgow Law Practice)
Respondent: D Small, AD, ad hoc; Crown Agent
6 February 2018
[1] The appellant Sean Kelly is now aged 50. On 28 September 2017, he pled guilty, in
the Sheriff Court at Glasgow, to a charge of contravening sections 28 and 30 of the Sexual
Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 by engaging in sexual activity with a boy, KM. The offences
were committed between 1 January 2015 and 2 July 2015, when the victim was aged 14 years
and the appellant aged 47. The conduct consisted of the victim penetrating the mouth and

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