Sentences of three to four years' imprisonment are within the permissible range for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child under 12 involving touching and indecent acts short of intercourse or penetration, particularly where there is a significant breach of trust. A parole recommendation that effectively reduces the period of actual imprisonment to the lower end of the comparable range may ameliorate the severity of a head sentence at the higher end of the range.
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