A Dundee sex offender convicted of attacking a child has had his sentence cut.
Connor Tait had his case heard at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh today, and the judges ruled that part of his sexual assault conviction could not be allowed to stand.
22-year-old Tait was found guilty of the 2013 incident, where he sexually assaulted a child who was walking home, following a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court last year.
He was sentenced to four years in jail and a further four years of supervision after his release. Following today’s appeal of his conviction and sentence, his jail sentence was cut to three and a half years, but the supervision will remain the same.
The three appeal judges ruled that the original conviction should be quashed and replaced by one which deleted an aggravation to the sexual assault on the child due to the fact that there was no corroboration for parts of the attack specified in the charge.
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