Aylesbury man could face the rest of his life in prison.
Judges are looking at whether the 30-year minimum jail sentence for Joseph McCann was 'unduly lenient'.
Last updated 14th Oct 2020
Joseph McCann, 35, from Aylesbury was found guilty of 37 charges in December relating to 11 victims.
He was given 33 life sentences for a series of sex attacks on women and children aged between 11 and 71.
The attacks took place during a 15-day cocaine and vodka-fuelled rampage, just two months after the convicted burglar was wrongly freed from prison following “major failings” by probation staff.
The sentencing of McCann is being reviewed along with that of Reynhard Sinaga.
Sinaga, 37 was sentenced to life in January for a total of 159 offences, including 136 counts of rape, committed against 48 men – although police have linked him to more than 190 potential victims.
Both McCann and Sinaga were given 30-year minimum jail terms.
At a hearing in London today (14/10), solicitor general Michael Ellis QC will argue that McCann and Sinaga should both have been given a whole life tariff for a litany of sexual offences, which are “some of the worst and most violent that this country has ever witnessed”.
The hearing, which will test whether a whole life order can be imposed in non-homicide cases, will also be the first time two separate offenders’ sentences have been challenged together as being unduly lenient.
The case will be heard over 2 days by five senior judges who will decide if the two notorious rapists should be given whole life terms.