For prolonged intra-familial sexual offending against a child involving maintaining a sexual relationship, after allowing for a guilty plea, the sentencing range generally commences at about 10 years' imprisonment. The absence of violence beyond that necessary to achieve intercourse is not a mitigating factor where the complainant submitted due to the offender's parental authority. A 10-year sentence triggering the serious violent offence declaration under Part 9A (requiring 80% service) is on a substantially different scale from a 9-year sentence without such a declaration.
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