Child sex offender Laken Rose wins appeal to reduce sentence
The Court of Appeal ruled a Cambridge woman's jail sentence for child sex crimes was manifestly excessive and cut six years from her term.
The Court of Appeal has reduced Laken Rose's prison sentence, finding her original term was manifestly excessive. The court accepted she had been in a relationship of coercive control. Rose committed the offending against children with ex-partner Andrew Williams.
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Prolific child sex offender wins court appeal to reduce jail sentence
The Court of Appeal ruled Laken Rose’s lengthy jail sentence was manifestly excessive and accepted she had been in a relationship of coercive control.
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Cambridge woman Laken Maree Rose has six years cut from prison sentence for ‘sickening and depraved’ child sex crimes
Laken Rose committed the offending against children with ex-partner Andrew Williams.