There is no apology. I am trying to explain to you in small words that this one sentence does not contain the nuance required to understand the crime or the sentencing and therefore to use it as an example is disingenuous. If it were an actual crime of rape it would have to be tried in the Crown Court not the Magistrates Court.
If the accused pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, they would be seen in the Magistrates and likely be sentenced there and then.
Only if the accused pleaded not guilty to part or whole of the charges, would the case be sent to higher crown court.
So one can rightly presume from the fact the sentence was issued in the magistrates he pleaded guilty.
So £41 for rape is still an insult