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03/05/2006
Couple's rape sentences to be reviewed
A couple who were jailed for raping a 12-week-old baby girl are to have their sentences reviewed by the Court of Appeal.
Alan Webster, 40 and his 19-year-old girlfriend Tanya French, both from Hatfield in Hertfordshire, were jailed in January after being convicted of a string of sex offences.
They admitted raping the child and taking photographs of the abuse.
Webster was sentenced to life with a minimum six year tariff after pleading guilty to charges of rape, indecent assault and making indecent images of a child.
French was jailed for five years after admitting to the same charges.
The sentences will be reviewed by a panel of five appeal judges, led by Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips.
The appeal was launched by the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, who said that the sentences received by the pair should have been longer.
(KMcA)
Alan Webster, 40 and his 19-year-old girlfriend Tanya French, both from Hatfield in Hertfordshire, were jailed in January after being convicted of a string of sex offences.
They admitted raping the child and taking photographs of the abuse.
Webster was sentenced to life with a minimum six year tariff after pleading guilty to charges of rape, indecent assault and making indecent images of a child.
French was jailed for five years after admitting to the same charges.
The sentences will be reviewed by a panel of five appeal judges, led by Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips.
The appeal was launched by the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, who said that the sentences received by the pair should have been longer.
(KMcA)
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