Concurrent sentences of eight years' imprisonment for two counts of rape of a 10-year-old child were upheld where the sentencing judge reduced a notional 10-year head sentence to account for the offender's age (63), health issues, and delay in prosecution. The totality principle does not require further reduction merely because the offender was earlier sentenced for related offences committed during the same period; repetition of the offence merits an increase in sentence even bearing in mind totality.
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