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Judges give juries lots of examples by telling them what to compare from their own lives. At the moment, that is restricted to things such as non-sexual assaults.
We are not talking about people who have been prosecuted for but not convicted of violent sexual offences. Surely those offences are not comparable. The offences are not comparable, but the first example still involves a breach of the law.
They should be benchmarked against the industry standard; they will be meaningless unless people can compare suppliers. If we want competition, surely that is essential.11:45 Absolutely.