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By coercion or intimidation. Mr crouch intimidated you into sole care of jacob crouch intimidated you into sole care ofjacob although he crouch intimidated you into sole care of jacob although he was unfit for that role. He accused you of lacking trust for him when he was bathing jacob. You did not have the confidence to confront him when he kicked the cot. I submit that the level of your culpability is very high with category one harm. That is unrealistic in the fact and difficult to apply if correct because the offence predatesjune 2022, yet the Sentencing Range for that category exceeds the maximum sentence. I believe the level of culpability is on the borderline between high level b and medium, level c. I will take seven years as the starting point. There are no statutory aggregating features. The Non Statutory aggregating features are not seeking medical help at the time of the assault or the ten hours that followed. Again, i bear in mind the danger of double counting. Jacob suffe
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Of a candidate for the president ial election next year, donald trump, facing serious criminal charges that he tried to overturn the result of the last election in 2020, which was won byjoe biden. Mr trump, who was president between 2016 and 2020, is charged with four counts of plotting to subvert the 2020 election result. The 45 page indictment, or charge sheet, accuses him of knowingly spreading Pervasive And Destabilising Lies about Election Fraud that threatened american democracy. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of between five and 20 years. Mr trump said the charges had awoken the world to the corruption, scandal and failure that has taken place in the us underjoe biden. The former president has now been impeached twice, arrested twice and charged in three criminal cases. In the other two, hes accused of mishandling secret documents, and of covering up a payment to a porn star. Heres our north america editor, sarah smith. Die hard trumpsupporters were anything but distraug
An official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday In Washington, dc, as Our Washington correspondent sean dilley explains. Chanting we love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with Republican Voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade states into helping him overturn the Election Results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its descri