An offender who voluntarily confesses to police in respect of crimes of which police had no prior knowledge merits special leniency, and this factor should be reflected in a real reduction in the head sentence, not merely in an earlier parole recommendation. A sentence of six years' imprisonment for maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child was reduced to four and a half years where the offender voluntarily confessed and police had no prior knowledge of the offences.
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