A sentence of three years' imprisonment (two years suspended) for maintaining a sexual relationship over 17 months with a 12-13 year old child with intellectual disability, involving breach of trust, impregnation, and absence of remorse, was manifestly inadequate; six years with a four-year non-parole period was substituted. The question whether adverse changed circumstances occurring after the original sentence may be taken into account on re-sentencing after a Crown appeal remains open and should not be decided without full argument.
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