He explained: “In the UK, our sentences are very, very low, but I think because of who he is, the judge will not want it to be appealed. I think whatever sentence he gets, there’s going to be an outcry.
“Some will say, ‘It’s too much, that’s ridiculous, it’s too long’, and some will say, ‘Why aren’t you throwing away the key? It’s too short.’
“You’re not going to satisfy everybody. But the judge will not want to be appealed on the sentence.”
“It won’t go too high because that will be appealed as manifestly excessive, and it won’t go too low because that will be appealed by the prosecution.
“You’ve got the various aggravating factors that’s going on here – there’s been no remorse, there’s been no guilty plea, I think it’s going to push it towards nine years.”