A failure to expressly quantify the discount for guilty pleas and voluntary confessions does not of itself constitute appellable error; the question is whether the overall sentence is appropriate having regard to all objective and subjective circumstances. Evidence of uncharged sexual offences may properly be placed before the sentencing court to explain the relationship, provide context, and negate any suggestion that charged offences were isolated incidents, provided it is not used to increase the sentence by way of punishment for uncharged acts.
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