Where a juvenile offender does not fall within the s 125 recidivist category of the Young Offenders Act 1994 (WA), rehabilitation remains the dominant sentencing consideration even for very serious sexual offences. An aggregate sentence of 3 years adult imprisonment for a 17-year-old convicted of aggravated burglary and multiple aggravated sexual penetration offences was not manifestly inadequate where the sentencing judge properly balanced the gravity of the offending against the offender's youth, dysfunctional background, genuine remorse, and prospects of rehabilitation.
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