Judge Julian Hall is at the centre of a storm over the "pathetically" lenient sentence he imposed after hearing that the girl had appeared much older than her age.
The same judge caused uproar earlier this year by setting free another paedophile and telling him to give his victim money "to buy a nice new bicycle".
In the latest case, Oxford Crown Court heard harrowing details of the assault on the ten-year-old. She was attacked in a park in Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, by Fenn and his accomplice Darren Wright, 34, on October 14 last year.
Fenn removed all her clothes and raped her, then Wright took her to his home in Mount View, Henley-on-Thames, and sexually assaulted her.
Yet Judge Hall - who referred to the girl as a "young woman" - said the case was exceptional because she had been wearing a frilly bra and thong.
The sentence?
Keith Fenn, 24, was given concurrent two-year and 18-month jail sentences at Oxford Crown Court by Judge Julian Hall for two attacks on the girl in a park.
Because of the amount of time he has already spent in prison awaiting sentence, Fenn could be free in a few months time.
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