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Attorney general says he will not bow to political pressure on paedophile sentencing
Sentencing probe ‘will not be politically influenced’

The attorney general last night signalled he would not bow to political pressure to increase the sentence on a man who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl. A spokesman confirmed Lord Goldsmith is looking at the case of Craig Sweeney, a convicted paedophile jailed yesterday for life but who could be out in five years, to… Read more »