An effective sentence of 15 years imprisonment for a prolonged and violent sexual assault involving burglary, multiple rapes, attempted rape, and sexual assaults with aggravation committed in a single episode against a pregnant woman was not manifestly excessive. An unsubstantiated assertion that lawyers failed to lodge an appeal is insufficient to support an extension of time where there is no reasonable prospect of success on the merits.
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