The absence of sexual gratification as a motive for a sexual offence, while relevant, does not substantially reduce the seriousness of the offending where the offence involved forceful imposition of sexual indignity on a child by persons in a parental relationship. The parity principle permits significant differences in sentence between co-offenders where their personal circumstances, including their relationship to the victim and prior criminal history, materially differ.
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