The Court of Appeal confirmed that a declaration of serious violent offence under Part 9A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) cannot be imposed for offences committed before 1 July 1997, applying R v Mason & Saunders [1998] 2 Qd R 186. The 10-year sentence for four counts of rape of a 16-year-old stepdaughter was upheld as within the appropriate range, with the appeal allowed only to remove the Part 9A declaration.
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