The sentencing tariff established in R v Kennings [2004] QCA 162 for offences under s 218A(1)(a) of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) — 18 months imprisonment suspended after three months with a four-year operational period — applies where the offender is a young adult with no prior convictions, even where the offender was less aggressive in seeking to arrange a meeting than in Kennings, if the sexually explicit nature of the communications and the sending of explicit photographs compensate for that difference.
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