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Isle Of Wight Child Rapist s Sentence NOT Unduly Lenient
By Oliver Dyer
A convicted child rapist, from Freshwater, will not have his sentence referred to the Court of Appeal.
The Solicitor General says it was shocked by Graham Medway s crimes, but the threshold to consider his sentence unduly lenient had not been met.
As Isle of Wight Radio previously reported,
However, it has been confirmed that the case will not be sent to the Court of Appeal.
A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office said:
Man jailed for raping three-year-old girl at Isle of Wight woods
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image captionGraham Medway was loitering and on the look-out for potential victims, the judge said
A man has been jailed for raping a three-year-old girl who had run ahead of her parents on a woodland path.
The child was attacked at Fort Victoria Country Park, near Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, on 31 August 2020.
Graham Medway, 62, was a complete stranger who had loitered in the area waiting for victims, Isle of Wight Crown Court heard.
The builder, of no fixed address, was jailed for nine years with a five-year extended sentence when he is released.
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Medway was handed a nine-year prison sentence, with a further five years of extended licence upon his release, at Isle of Wight Crown Court on Friday. He will serve at least two thirds of the jail term before he can be considered for parole.
Judge Roger Hetherington told him: I have little doubt that you were loitering in the park area waiting for this sort of opportunity. You present a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm by the commission of further specified offences.
Police cordoned off public toilets and nearby woodland after the youngster was attacked