A woman who imprisoned and indecently assaulted a teenager may face a tougher sentence after her case goes to appeal.

Prosecutors believe Rosamund O'Leary should go to prison for her crimes and will take their case to the Appeal Court in London on Monday.

O'Leary, 29, of Edmund Road, Hastings, was given a community rehabilitation order by judge Suzanne Coates at Lewes Crown Court on September 11.

O'Leary admitted indecent assault, gross indecency, false imprisonment and supplying Class A and B drugs to a girl aged 14 between September and November 2001.

The court heard O'Leary indecently assaulted the girl on a daily basis and at times forced her to stay against her will.

She supplied the victim with ecstasy, amphetamines and cannabis throughout her ordeal.

The order was made with a condition of attendance for psychiatric treatment.

Alison Saunders, the county's chief crown prosecutor, said: "If the sentence falls within the criteria of offences laid down by law and is considered unduly lenient, the CPS can ask the Attorney General to consider it as suitable for an appeal to the Appeal Court.

"The appeal must be made to the court within 28 days of sentencing.

"We hope when the court considers the evidence and circumstances of the case, it will agree the sentence is unduly lenient and will consider a custodial sentence is more appropriate."