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   https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/a748/live/2169c800-4   
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   Cliff Mitchell's sentence was increased by four years   
      
   A former Metropolitan Police officer who launched a "campaign of rape" against   
   his victims, including a child, has had his sentence increased.   
      
   Cliff Mitchell carried out more than 50 sex attacks against two female victims   
   between 2014 and 2023, including in September, when he tied up a woman with   
   cable ties and put duct tape over her mouth.   
      
   The 24-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years and 225   
   days at Croydon Crown Court in May after being found guilty of 10 counts of   
   rape, three counts of raping a child under 13, one count of kidnap and breach   
   of a non-molestation    
   order.   
      
   Judges at the Court of Appeal have now extended this to a minimum term of 17   
   years and 225 days.   
      
   'Unduly lenient'   
   An appeal by Mitchell to have his sentence reduced - on the grounds of his   
   previous good character not being taken into account in his original sentence   
   - was dismissed.   
      
   The appeal for the sentence increase was made following a referral by the   
   solicitor general.   
      
   Paul Jarvis, representing the solicitor general in court, said the previous   
   sentence was "unduly lenient" because it did not "take into account the   
   seriousness of Mitchell's offending".   
      
   The sentence was "significantly lower", considering Mitchell's "campaign of   
   rape", Mr Jarvis added.   
      
   Mr Jarvis said Mitchell had wanted to "control and dominate" his victims, who   
   cannot be named for legal reasons.   
      
   The court was told Mitchell's offending came to an end in September last year   
   after his older victim managed to leave a car she was being kidnapped in.   
      
   She then ran down a busy road, her hands still bound with cable ties, before a   
   member of the public helped her.   
      
   Increasing the sentence, Lord Justice William Davis, sitting alongside Mrs   
   Justice Thornton and Judge Michael Chambers KC, said Mitchell's younger victim   
   was "broken" due to the attacks.   
      
   'I cry randomly'   
   In a victim impact statement, she said: "It sits with me every day. There are   
   days when I cry randomly about it."   
      
   Following the hearing, Solicitor General Sarah Sackman MP said: “Cliff   
   Mitchell’s crimes were monstrous and deeply disturbing. He intimidated his   
   victims into silence, abusing them repeatedly over a number of years.   
      
   “The Court of Appeal rightfully increased Mitchell’s sentence, which   
   should send a stark message that rape and sexual abuse will always be   
   considered the most serious of crimes, and we will use the full force of the   
   law to punish those who inflict it    
   onto others.   
      
   “My thoughts and deepest sympathies remain with his victims.”   
      
   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g92ez84wvo   
      
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