The sentencing range for home invasion rape involving violence remains 10 to 14 years' imprisonment. A sentence at the higher end of the range is appropriate where the offender is a mature adult (as opposed to a younger offender), the victim is elderly and vulnerable, and the offence involves significant violence. A plea of guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence still attracts some credit but does not reduce the sentence below the range.
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