The appropriate sentencing range for stranger rape involving anal penetration, where the offender pleads guilty but has prior convictions and the prosecution case is strong, is seven to ten years' imprisonment. Where multiple sexual offences constitute one episode, their multiplicity alone cannot justify a serious violent offence declaration under s 161B(3), but such a declaration may be justified by the overall seriousness of the offence and the violence used.
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