A head sentence of 15 years imprisonment for a 20-year-old offender convicted of multiple sexual offences including rape was manifestly excessive where insufficient weight was given to youth; 12 years with a 7-year non-parole period was substituted. There is no norm for the proportion of head sentence that a non-parole period should represent, and a non-parole period should not be so crushing as to negatively affect rehabilitation prospects.
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