The Court of Appeal held that the sentencing judge erred by failing to consider the effect of Part 9A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), which required the applicant to serve 80 per cent of any sentence exceeding 10 years for sexual offences against children. The Court also held that a starting point of 12 years imprisonment was too high for offences committed over a relatively short period without violence, and substituted a starting point of 11 years, resulting in a head sentence of 9½ years (after discount for guilty plea) to avoid triggering the 80 per cent threshold.
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