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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Following last year’s increase in the maximum sentence, I
recently appeared in person to argue the case of Luis Balcazar-Soto before the Court
of Appeal. The Court agreed with my submissions that, pending new sentencing guidelines,
judges should increase sentences imposed for the most serious such offences to reflect
the increase in the maximum sentence. I welcome the Court’s guidance and its decision
to increase this offender’s sentence from 9 years to 12 years’ imprisonment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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